SEVERAL PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN IOF ATTACKS ON W. BANK PROTESTS

Ramallah, 27 Muharram 1435/1 Desember 2013 (MINA) – Many Palestinian protestors on Friday afternoon suffered injuries during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different areas of the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Ramallah city, three young protestors suffered rubber bullet injuries during the weekly anti-wall march in Bil’in village to the west of Ramallah.

The Bil’in protestors, including foreign activists, protested Israel’s Prawer plan intended to displace the Palestinian natives of the Negev region, south of the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. ALQASSAM reported as quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers violently attacked the protestors and kidnapped a Palestinian citizen during the events identified as Mohamed Al-Khatib, adding that the detainee was forcibly taken to the nearby settlement Modi’in Illit.

Similar clashes also erupted in the villages of Ni’lin and Nabi Saleh during the weekly marches organized against Israel’s settlement expansion and segregation wall.

To the northeast of Ramallah, the IOF stormed Silwad town and clashed with its young men.

Two young men reportedly suffered rubber bullet injury during the events.

A 15-year-old kid named Mohamed Hammad also suffered serious injuries after the IOF suddenly fired live bullets at the angry young men in Silwad.

Eyewitnesses said the kid was lying on the ground when Israeli soldiers embarked on brutally beating him before they drove him to an unknown place.

The IOF also attacked dozens of angry young protestors in Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

Local sources said IOF soldiers were deployed at the entrance of the camp and started to fire rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the young men, which led to the injury of some of them. . (T/P012/P04)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)