(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) Many Palestinian young men and anti-settlement activists suffered bullet and tear gas injuries during violent clashes on Friday afternoon with the Israeli occupation forces in different West Bank areas.
Three Palestinian young men suffered live bullet injuries and many others suffered tear gas suffocation during the confrontations that took place at the western entrance to Silwad town, east of Ramallah city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter that the IOF used silenced firearms during the events, affirming that all the wounded young men, including a 16-year-old kid Ramzi Hamed, were rushed to Ramallah hospital.
Manal Al-Tamimi, a female anti-settlement activist, and two journalists working for French and Turkish news agencies also suffered serious bullet injuries in their legs when the IOF violently attacked a peaceful march protesting Israel's settlement activities in Nabi Saleh village to the north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that Tamimi was shot at point-blank range, which caused her to suffer a leg fracture.
In Bil'in village, some foreign and Palestinian activists in addition to a journalists suffered bullet and tear gas injuries during their participation in the weekly anti-wall march held after Friday prayers.
The IOF also clashed with dozens of angry Palestinian young men outside Ofer jail, south of Ramallah, and used excessive force to disperse them.
In Budrus village to the west of Ramallah, the IOF attacked Palestinian homes with tear gas grenades following clashes with young men near the segregation wall there.
Similar clashes erupted in Eizariya town, east of occupied Jerusalem, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian young men protesting the segregation wall.
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Three Palestinian young men suffered live bullet injuries and many others suffered tear gas suffocation during the confrontations that took place at the western entrance to Silwad town, east of Ramallah city.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter that the IOF used silenced firearms during the events, affirming that all the wounded young men, including a 16-year-old kid Ramzi Hamed, were rushed to Ramallah hospital.
Manal Al-Tamimi, a female anti-settlement activist, and two journalists working for French and Turkish news agencies also suffered serious bullet injuries in their legs when the IOF violently attacked a peaceful march protesting Israel's settlement activities in Nabi Saleh village to the north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses said that Tamimi was shot at point-blank range, which caused her to suffer a leg fracture.
In Bil'in village, some foreign and Palestinian activists in addition to a journalists suffered bullet and tear gas injuries during their participation in the weekly anti-wall march held after Friday prayers.
The IOF also clashed with dozens of angry Palestinian young men outside Ofer jail, south of Ramallah, and used excessive force to disperse them.
In Budrus village to the west of Ramallah, the IOF attacked Palestinian homes with tear gas grenades following clashes with young men near the segregation wall there.
Similar clashes erupted in Eizariya town, east of occupied Jerusalem, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian young men protesting the segregation wall.
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