‘Israeli’ Forces Attack Hundreds of Palestinian Protesters in Occupied West Bank

By Staff, Agencies

‘Israeli’ occupation forces violently attacked Palestinian demonstrators in the occupied West Bank, in which a young protester was martyred and hundreds of others sustained injuries.

On Friday, the Zionist forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian youth, identified as Mohammed Tamimi, in the town of Nabi Saleh in the vicinity of Ramallah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement.

It added that the Palestinian teenager was shot in the back and later succumbed to his serious wounds.

According to eye witnesses, Tamimi was shot during confrontations that took place after ‘Israeli’ soldiers stormed the village.

Residents of Nabi Saleh have held frequent protest rallies over the years against the expansion of a nearby illegal ‘Israeli’ settlement.

Zionist soldiers also attacked Palestinian protesters in the village of Beita, south of the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, injuring at least 320 Palestinians after shooting them with live bullets and firing tear gas at them, Palestine's al-Shehab News Agency reported.

Palestinian residents of Beita have been protesting on a daily basis against the construction of Givat Eviatar, an Israeli outpost near the village on the top of Mount Sabih, for the past two months. The outpost was established in May in defiant of international law.

According to the report, ‘Israeli’ troops wounded 21 Palestinians with live bullets and 68 others with rubber-coated metal bullets.

It added that 195 protesters suffered breathing difficulties due to inhaling tear gas, 11 suffered various burns and 25 others sustained bruises while being chased by the occupation soldiers.

Zionist occupation forces also targeted two ambulances belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, causing material damage to them, the report further said.

In response, Palestinians threw stones and other objects at the regime’s troops.

More than 600,000 ‘Israelis’ occupy more than 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 ‘Israeli’ occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.

All ‘Israeli’ settlements are illegal under international law. The UN Security Council has condemned the Zionist entity’s settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.