Clashes in Palestinian Injure 21

The third day of protests in the West Bank left 21 wounded, reported sources from the hospital today, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accused Israel of causing a third intifada.

So far there  21 people have been hospitalized with symptoms of suffocation, reported here Qabaja Nasser, a spokesman for the Red Crescent branch of the International Red Cross operating in Islamic countries,according to Prensa Latina.

The demonstrations became stronger after the funerals of two teenagers shot by Israeli occupation troops in Tulkarem on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Maisarah Abu Hamdiyeh, Al Fatah leader in Hebron, who died in prison for medical malpractice, according to Palestinian sources.

The neighborhood of Bab al-Zawiya, in the center of Hebron, where protesters confronted the occupying troops with sticks and stones all night, was the scene of the most violent clashes, which were reproduced in other districts of the West Bank.

Witnesses realized clashes in the refugee camps of Al-Arrub and al-Fawwar, north and south of Hebron, and in the towns of Yatta and Halhul, where one protester was seriously injured by a shot in the head .

With its excessive use of force Israel is provoking a third intifada (uprising in Arab) stated Abbas President in a statement released today by the media.

M.D