IOF soldiers suppress Palestinian anti-wall march, wound 7 civilians
[ 02/05/2010 - 05:03 PM ]
BETHLEHEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used violent means to suppress a peaceful Palestinian anti-wall march in Beit Jala village, Bethlehem district, on Sunday during which 7 Palestinian civilians were hurt.
Eyewitnesses said that a massive demonstration passed in the town's streets before heading to the racist, separation wall while hoisting anti wall slogans and Palestinian flags.
They said that dozens of IOF soldiers intercepted the march, including foreign activists, and installed barbed wire in the road to block the marchers from reaching the construction site of the separation wall.
The troops beat up the demonstrators leading to violent clashes in which the troops used rubber coated bullets, teargas canisters and stun grenades while the participants threw stones.
Two of the wounded persons, who were young women, fainted in the process while a cameraman was hit with a gas bomb in his face and was carried to hospital and the other casualties suffered injures with rubber bullets.
[ 02/05/2010 - 11:11 AM ]
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled afternoon Saturday a peaceful Palestinian march in Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, and beat up many of its participants.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers used violence to quell the weekly march in solidarity with farmers whose lands are adjacent to an Israeli settlement and are banned from cultivating them.
They said that the soldiers fired gas and sonic bombs at the march, in which foreign activists participated, and added that tens were treated for breathing difficulties while a Palestinian activist was hit with a gas bomb in his face.
In Al-Khalil city, a society against Israeli settlement activity and occupation organized its weekly sit-in with the participation of dozens of citizens and foreign activists.
Participants hoisted Palestinian flags and slogans against occupation and presence of settlers in the city before marching in the Old City of Al-Khalil.
IOF soldiers went on provocative patrols in the Old City and in the villages of Beit Ummar and Al-Arub refugee camp to the north of the city.
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