Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday quelled the Kafr Qaddoum anti-settlement weekly march which demands opening the village’s road that has been closed for more than 14 years for the benefit of the illegal Kedumim settlement.

Popular resistance coordinator in Kafr Qaddoum Murad Shtewi said that the IOF broke into the village immediately after the march started and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at the protesters with no injuries or arrests reported.

The IOF soldiers later erected a military checkpoint at the village’s entrance and declared it a closed military zone. They prevented solidarity activists from entering the village and hindered the Palestinian citizens’ movement by searching their vehicles and scrutinizing their IDs.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled on Friday Kafr Qaddoum anti-settlement weekly march which demands opening the village’s road that has been closed for more than 14 years.

A number of foreign peace activists took part in the march alongside hundreds of Kafr Qaddoum residents. The IOF soldiers attacked the marchers with rubber-coated metal bullets tear gas canisters and sound bombs but no injuries were reported.

Coordinator of the popular resistance in Kafr Qaddoum Murad Shtewi said that the IOF soldiers broke into a public park east of the village and turned it into a military barracks.

Shtewi reported that violent confrontations flared up between the Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths who threw stones and burned tires near Kedumim settlement built on the village’s lands.

He affirmed that targeting children with arrests will not deter the village’s residents of various age categories from participating in the march every week until they achieve their goals.