Fajarasia.co – Dozens of Palestinian protesters were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in a number of villages and towns in the West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
According to the agency, three of the injured were shot by live bullets, 71 people were shot by rubber bullets, and dozens more suffered from inhaling tear gas.
Fierce clashes broke out near several West Bank villages and dozens of anti-settlement protesters burned tires and pelted Israeli soldiers with stones, Palestinian witnesses said.
Dozens of Palestinian protesters suffered from inhaling tear gas during clashes with Israeli soldiers in an area near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, officials and witnesses said.
Palestinian activist Fouad Al-Amour told Xinhua that the clashes took place as local residents, foreigners and Palestinian activists protested against an Israeli court ruling that evicted eight communities from the area.
Palestinians held weekly demonstrations in West Bank villages and towns on Friday to condemn Israel’s settlement expansion and land grabbing.****
