Dozens of Palestinians were injured, during the Israeli forces’ suppression of the weekly marches against settlements and the establishment of outposts in several areas of the West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that “two young men were wounded by metal bullets, and dozens of people suffocated with tear gas, including children, during the Israeli army’s suppression of the weekly march rejecting settlements in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, which went out to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, and to condemn the assassination Journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh.
resistance in Kafr Qaddoum, Murad Shteiwi, told Sputnik: “On the anniversary of the Nakba, we are still experiencing new calamities due to the occupation that destroys and steals the land, and kills the truth and its voice represented by the journalist Sherine Abu Aqila, and what we have to do in light of this war waged by the Israeli army. Only to escalate all forms of resistance guaranteed by international laws, we will not stand idly by in the face of the Israeli attack. We must unite in confronting the occupation and deterring its settlers.”
In Jabal Sobeih in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, dozens of Palestinians were injured, during confrontations with the Israeli forces, after suppressing the Jabal Sobeih march to establish a settlement outpost on the top of the mountain.
The director of ambulance and emergency at the Palestinian Red Crescent in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, stated that “six Palestinians were injured as a result of rubber-coated metal bullets, and 30 others were suffocated by tear gas.”
On the other hand, the Israeli forces in the village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, suppressed a peaceful march that started after performing Friday prayers at the site of the two houses demolished by the Israeli army last Monday, towards the area threatened to be seized in favor of the settlements. The Israeli army in Jenin camp, which resulted in the burning of several houses, and the injury of 13 Palestinians.