Israeli forces attack Palestinians in Silwad after Friday prayers

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently attacked Palestinian citizens immediately after they finished their Friday prayers in Silwad village east of Ramallah city.

Hundreds of Palestinians from the villages of Silwad, Deir Jarir and Mazra'ah performed the Friday prayers in their lands which the Israeli regime wants to annex to expand Ofra settlement, which was established illegally in the middle of these villages.

Later, the IOF stormed Silwad village and used a bulldozer to open the roads which the Palestinian young men closed during the clashes.

Such tension took place after Jewish settlers severely beat a Palestinian villager named Ahmed Hamed on Thursday as he was working his land in an area located between Silwad and Deir Jarir.

The villager sustained serious wounds in his head and underwent surgery in a local hospital.

In retaliation to the settlers' attack, angry young men from the Palestinian villages attacked illegal mobile homes that were established by settlers as a point to launch attacks on Palestinian property.

The attack on mobile homes triggered overnight clashes with Israeli troops that lasted until midnight and led to the injury of Palestinian citizens, including a 14-year-old child named Hamza Hamed, who suffered serious bullet wounds in his chest and one of his hands.

In a separate incident, sporadic clashes erupted on Friday in Al-Khalil city after the IOF attacked a Palestinian march demanding the Israeli regime to open the southern entrance to Al-Khalil city.

Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that dozens of Palestinians from different areas of Al-Khalil city marched to the southern entrance, which has been closed for 13 years.

The IOF fired a barrage of tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at the protestors causing many injuries among them.

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