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Palestinians injured in protests against Bahrain conference

Friday 28-June-2019

A number of Palestinians were injured in Qalqilya and Ramallah in the West Bank on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces quelled peaceful demonstrations against the Bahrain workshop.

Activist Murad Shtewi said that 9 Palestinian demonstrators were injured by Israeli live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets in Kafr Qaddum town in Qalqilya.

Shtewi added that the Israeli forces assaulted journalists who were covering the protests injuring one of them.

Meanwhile dozens of Palestinian demonstrators choked on tear gas in Bil’in village in Ramallah.

Local residents said that the Israeli forces heavily fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the protesters.

Hundreds of Palestinian citizens and foreign activists took part in Ramallah protests condemned the Bahrain workshop and waved Palestine flags.

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