ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN WORKERS IN NABLUS

West Bank, 14 Jumadil Akhir 1435/14 April 2014 (MINA) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and a group of settlers attacked Monday morning Palestinian workers who were constructing agricultural roads in Burin village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Coordinator of Solidarity Movement for Free Palestine in Burin, Ghassan al-Najjar  reportedly said that the IOF and settlers of Bracha colonial settlement attacked the workers during their work  in constructing agricultural roads near Almnatir neighborhood in Burin where the clashes occurred in the place.

The settlers threw stones at the workers and their bulldozer, while IOF fired tear gas at youths who came to the location after the breaking of the clashes, al-Najjar stated, ALRAY, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

He pointed out that Israeli civil administration officer had threatened the workers to confiscate the bulldozer if they would continue constructing the roads near the settlement. But the workers did not respond and continued to work.

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It is reported that the IOF and the settlers attacked the workers  for several times while they were doing their work in constructing new agricultural roads in the same place. (T/Nidiya/P03/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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