Two Palestinians were injured from military gunfire as Israeli forces today afternoon suppressed an anti-settlement rally in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus city.
Member of the Popular Committee for Land Defense, Salim Abu Jaish, said that a large Israeli military force violently dispersed the participants of the rally. The protest was called for to defend Palestinian-owned land threatened with confiscation.
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Israeli soldiers opened fire toward the participants, hitting one with a live round and another with a rubber-coated steel bullet in their feet. Both casualties were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Dozens of participants were treated on the scene from the effects of tear gas suffocation.
Beit Dajan has become a scene for weekly protests against the Israeli authorities’ move to construct new Jewish settlements and expand existing ones at the expense of Palestinian territory.
(WAFA, PC, Social Media)
