Dozens of Palestinians were wounded on Friday afternoon after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently suppressed anti-occupation marches across the West Bank.
Medical sources affirmed that five Palestinians were injured with rubber bullets in Burqa and Beita towns in Nablus. 43 others suffered from their exposure to teargas during the clashes.
However the Red Cross ambulances were denied access to Burqa town to transfer the injured for treatment.
Local sources affirmed that IOF soldiers were deployed in large numbers at the entrances to Burqa town and were confronted by local youths who were protesting settlers’ escalated attacks.
The IOF fired rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas canisters during the confrontations which led to dozens of injuries.
Meanwhile Israeli forces heavily fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Beita anti-settlement march in the vicinity of Jabal Sobeih.
In Qalqilia an 18-year-old teen was hit by live ammunition during the anti-occupation clashes that broke out in Azzun town.
Similar clashes erupted in Bab Al-Zawiya in the center of al-Khalil where dozens were injured.
On a weekly basis Palestinians hold demonstrations against illegal Jewish settlements in different parts of the West Bank especially in Beita Beit Dajan and Kafr Qaddoum villages.
Israeli and Palestinian estimates indicate there are about 650000 settlers living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the West Bank including in Occupied Jerusalem.
Under international law all Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal.
