Protests were resumed on Monday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip for 12th day in a row over the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that 19 Palestinian citizens were injured in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Red Crescent said in a statement that 12 protesters were injured in clashes near Kadoorie university in Tulkarem and three others chocked on tear gas in clashes at Beit El checkpoint near al-Bireh city while two Palestinians were injured near Gaza’s eastern border.
Director of the emergency department in Qalqilya Munther Nazzal reported that two Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets during confrontations with the IOF in al-Naqar neighborhood and were treated in the field.
Similar clashes broke out in Beit Furik town to the east of Nablus city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that violent confrontations were witnessed near Itamar settlement to the west of Nablus city between Palestinian youths and IOF soldiers who heavily fired live bullets and tear gas canisters.
In another context the IOF soldiers arrested the Palestinian young man Mohammed al-Jallad who is a resident of Tulkarem while he was passing through Za’tara checkpoint to the south of Nablus.
Hebrew sources reported that since the morning hours Palestinian youths have carried out 20 attacks with stones and Molotov cocktails on Israeli vehicles in the West Bank with no injuries reported.
According to the PIC reporter an Israeli military force stormed Palestine Technical University in al-Arroub refugee camp in al-Khalil and quelled a protest held against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
He added that many students suffered tear gas inhalation after being attacked with tear gas canisters by the IOF soldiers who also arrested student Ammar al-Rjoub.
Other clashes flared up in Deir Nidham village to the west of Ramallah city where the IOF soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the Palestinian youths.
A local source said that the IOF soldiers broke into the village from the northern entrance and arrested a school student named Ahmad al-Tamimi.
Another Palestinian youth was arrested during the clashes that erupted at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city.
Head of Burin village council in Nablus Yahya Qadous said that clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and the students of Burin high school during which the soldiers fired tear gas canisters at the students who responded by throwing stones.
Burin high school is constantly attacked by the IOF soldiers stationed in a nearby military tower.
Ten Palestinians have been killed and more than 3500 injured since 7th December in the clashes and demonstrations launched in protest at the US president Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem which he recognized as the capital of Israel.
