Dozens of Palestinians sustained light to moderate injuries today when Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly protests against Jewish settlements, according to local and medical sources.
In Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated metal rounds and stun grenades at Palestinians who demonstrated at Jabal Sabih mount, near the village of Beita, injuring five of them, one of them in the head. An ambulance was also hit by a tear gas canister. The protesters were demonstrating against Israel’s construction of an illegal settlement outpost called Evyatar.
Breaking| At least 6 Palestinian protesters were injured today by Israeli occupation forces in Beita village in Nablus with rubber-coated bullets and tear gas canister.#SaveBeitahttps://t.co/MPK3oRHX6q
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 2, 2021
Israeli occupation soldiers also attacked a nonviolent protest in the nearby village of Beit Dajan, but there were no reports of casualties.
In the Salfit district, Israeli soldiers attacked nonviolent Palestinian protesters who held the weekly Friday prayer outdoors in an area threatened with Israeli confiscation. Two injuries from rubber-coated rounds were reported.
In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of Palestinians sustained suffocation from gas inhalation as Israeli policemen attacked them while demonstrating against Israel’s plan to demolish 17 Palestinian-owned homes in the neighborhood of Silwan. The homes belong to Palestinian families who lived there for generations.
#Palestinian protesters take part in the weekly protest outside the village of Beita in the occupied West Bank against Israel's construction of a colonial outpost near the village, today. pic.twitter.com/krE8cpIiM9
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 2, 2021
Meantime, Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters as they held the weekly Friday prayer near a land threatened with expropriation near the entrance of Hizma town, northeast of Jerusalem. The protesters waved Palestine flags and placards and rallied in protest of the construction of a nearby settler-only bypass road at the expense of their land.
(WAFA, PC, Social Media)
