Dozens of Palestinians were injured and suffocated today, Friday, in confrontations with the Israeli army in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Murad Shtaiwi, coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committees in the town of Kafr Qaddum in Qalqilya, said that an Israeli military force suppressed the weekly march in the town, using rubber bullets and tear gas.
He explained, in a statement, that 6 citizens were injured by rubber bullets, and dozens of people suffocated.
He pointed out that treatment was provided in the field for the injured.
On Friday, every Friday, an anti-settlement rally and the separation wall are organized in the town of Kafr Qaddum.
Israeli and Palestinian estimates indicate that there are about 650,000 settlers in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem settlements, in 164 settlements, and 116 outposts.
