10 Palestinian citizens suffered tear gas inhalation on Friday as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the anti-settlement weekly march of Kafr Qaddoum which demanded opening the village’s road that has been closed for more than 14 years.
Coordinator of the Popular Resistance in Kafr Qaddoum Murad Shtewi reported that violent clashes erupted after the IOF stormed the town amid heavy firing of rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters. Ten suffocation cases were reported and treated in the field he added.
Shtewi said that the IOF soldiers broke into citizens’ houses to set up ambushes for the Palestinian youths who confronted them by throwing stones and empty bottles.
The march which was launched after Friday prayer witnessed a large participation by the town’s residents and a number of foreign peace activists who chanted slogans calling for the escalation of popular resistance against the occupation.
