Galilee, MINA – As part of an ongoing crackdown targeting the native Palestinian population in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948, Israeli police last night detained 11 Palestinians during a raid of Deir al-Asad town in the Galilee region.
The latest arrests followed a day of clashes with the Israeli police against the backdrop of the latter’s attack of a wedding ceremony held on Saturday in the town, Wafa reported.
The raid saw police officers physically assaulting participants and firing in the air, and a young man, said to be in the thirties, was seriously injured as a result.
Following the Israeli police raid of the wedding ceremony, clashes erupted between the local Palestinian citizens and the police.
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Since late May, Israeli occupation forces arrested more than 300 Palestinian citizens of Israel over an uprising against the unjust policies of the Israeli occupation and the anti-Palestinian discrimination. The uprising coincided with the Israeli aggression on Gaza in May. (T/RE1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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