Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday quelled the Palestinian demonstrations that condemned the closure imposed on Nablus for 11 days.
IOF soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas bombs at Palestinian protestors near the Huwara Beit Furik and Deir Sharaf checkpoints in the Nablus governorate injuring several Palestinians and causing breathing problems to several others according to local sources.
The sources added that the IOF arrested the Palestinian young man Rebhi Malitat at the checkpoint of Beit Furik east of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Meanwhile in a press statement on Friday the Arab Parliament stressed that the Nablus siege represents a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms adding that the closure has led to a sharp deterioration in the economic conditions in the governorate in addition to the daily suffering of its residents.
The statement called on the international community to intervene immediately to end the “unjust” siege carried out by the IOF against the Nablus governorate urging the Human Rights Council and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to stop these inhumane practices.
For its part the political factions’ coordination committee on Thursday called on the Palestinian masses to march at the blocked entrances of Nablus in an attempt to break the siege imposed on the governorate.
Since the 11th of October Israeli soldiers have been setting up military checkpoints and mound blocks at Nablus entrances imposing restrictions on the movement of Palestinian citizens between the city and nearby towns.
