RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 165 Palestinian protesters were injured yesterday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank, said medics and eyewitnesses.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said, fierce clashes broke out near the villages of Beita, Beit Dajan, Burqin, and Huwara, and south and east of Nablus city, respectively, and near the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qaqilya city.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that, at least 125 demonstrators were injured, including two who had been shot by live ammunition, and 25 by rubber bullets, fired by the Israeli soldiers.
The others suffered from inhaling the teargas, the medics added.
Murad Ishteiwi, the Palestinian coordinator of the popular resistance in Qalqilya, said that, a ten-year-old boy was among the injured.
Eyewitnesses said, dozens of anti-settlement demonstrators threw stones at the Israeli soldiers, stationed at the outskirts of the villages and burned tires.
Israeli authorities have yet to give any comment on the incidents.
Beita and Beit Dajan have seen weekly protests against the expansion of Israeli settlements, in the two villages, and clashes with the Israeli soldiers.
Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are claimed by the Palestinians, in the 1967 Middle East war. The Palestinians want to establish their independent Palestinian state on these territories.
