An elderly man was bruised and a number of civilians suffocated with tear gas today, Friday, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces´ suppression of the peaceful marches that took place in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, east of Nablus, and Qalqilya, in the West Bank.
In Hebron , the official news agency reported that hundreds of citizens performed Friday prayers in the al-Rikayz area of ​​the traveler, in solidarity with the people of that area against the continued attacks by the occupation forces and settlers, and rejecting the displacement policy pursued by the occupation against the residents of Masafer Yatta.
She added that the march, in which foreign solidarity activists and peace activists participated, began after performing the Friday prayer, during which the Palestinian flag and slogans condemning the Israeli occupation and its crimes were raised. One of the Israeli soldiers fired at him from close range, leaving him with a quadriplegic.
She added that the occupation forces attacked the participants in the march, beat them, and fired tear gas canisters at them, which led to the injury of an elderly person with bruises, which were subsequently transferred to the hospital, in addition to the injury of dozens of citizens and solidarity activists.
And in Nablus , today, Friday, dozens of citizens were suffocated with tear gas, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces´ suppression of a peaceful march to protest the establishment of a settlement outpost in the lands of Beit Dajan village, east of the governorate.
And local sources reported, to the official news agency, that the occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at the marchers, which led to dozens of suffocation, and they were treated in the field.
Citizens performed Friday prayers on lands threatened with seizure, before starting the march called by the People´s Committee for Land Defense in Beit Dajan, the factional coordination committee in Nablus, and the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission; In commemoration of the Palestinian Martyr´s Day, and the anniversary of the martyr Fatima Abu Jaish, who was martyred at the Beit Furik checkpoint during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
For nearly two months, the village has been witnessing every Friday clashes with the occupation forces in the lands threatened to be seized.
And in Qalqilya , a young man and a medic were directly injured by two gas bombs, and dozens of people suffocated on Friday, during the Israeli occupation forces´ suppression of the weekly anti-settlement march of Kafr Qaddum.
According to the media spokesman in the Qalqilya region, Murad Shteiwi, that the occupation soldiers stormed the village and occupied the roofs of houses, and fired teargas canisters directly towards the participants in the march, which resulted in the injury of a young man with a bomb in the neck, and a volunteer medic in the Palestine Red Crescent Society with a grenade in his foot, in addition to injuring dozens Citizens suffocating, they were treated in the field.
The march was launched from the Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque after performing the Friday prayers, with the participation of hundreds of village residents who chanted national slogans that confirmed the loyalty of the martyrs on Palestinian martyr´s day.
