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Journalist injured in Israeli quelling of Kafr Qaddoum march

Friday 3-March-2017

A Palestinian journalist was injured in Israeli quelling of Kafr Qaddoum weekly march against separation wall and settlement. The march also demands opening the town’s main street which has been closed for 14 years.

The coordinator of popular resistance in Kafr Qaddoum Murad Eshtaiwi said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened gunfire at the marchers wounding correspondent of Palestine TV channel in Qalqilya Ahmad Shawar. He was injured by a rubber bullet in his head. Medical crews treated him in the field Eshtaiwi added.

Israeli troops unleashed tear gas bombs in addition to rubber bullets at participants in the peaceful march leading to many suffocation cases among Palestinians.

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