At least five Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces today during the weekly anti-occupation protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, in the northern West Bank province of Qalqilia. Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters by rubber-coated rounds and teargas, injuring five of them and causing many cases of suffocation from gas inhalation. Some of the injured were treated at the scene while others were moved to hospital for treatment. For years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been protesting every Friday against illegal Israeli settlements, and to call on Israeli authorities to reopen the village’s main road, which has been sealed off by the occupation authorities since 2002.
Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)