Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday afternoon when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled peaceful demonstrations in different West Bank areas.
At least 12 Palestinians including a journalist were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets while dozens others suffered teargas inhalation when the IOF attacked a demonstration in Ras Karkar village west of Ramallah.
Local sources said that Palestinians have organized peaceful demonstrations over the past three weeks in Ras Karkar in protest at Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian-owned lands in the village in favor of settlement projects.
Two Palestinian youths were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and others choked on teargas when the IOF quelled the weekly demonstration of Kafr Qaddum east of Qalqilya which calls for opening the village’s main road that was closed 15 years ago.
Popular resistance coordinator Murad Shtewi said that the IOF attacked the protesters with live ammunition rubber-coated metal bullets sound bombs and teargas canisters while Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
Meanwhile in Ramallah a number of Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling teargas during the IOF quelling of Bil’in’s weekly demonstration against settlement.
Local sources said that the IOF heavily fired teargas canisters at the demonstrators burning some dunums of Palestinian lands planted with olive trees.
