Israeli Soldiers Injure Palestinian Journalist during Protests near Bethlehem

Photojournalist Ayat Arqawi was hit and injured by a gas canister as Israeli forces attacked Palestinians taking part in a rally near Bethlehem. (Photo: via Social Media)

A journalist was injured and many others suffocated from teargas when Israeli forces attacked Palestinians taking part in a rally protesting the planned demolition of hundreds of apartments in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Hummus.

WAFA correspondent said Ayat Arqawi, who works as a photojournalist with APA agency, was hit and injured by a gas canister in her pelvis.

Meanwhile, several protesters sustained suffocation from gas inhalation, including Minister Walid Assaf, the chairman of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.

(Wafa, PC, Social Media)