Israeli occupation forces open fire at Palestinians, wounding 50

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, April.19, (ST)- At least 50 Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when Israeli occupation soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at them in order to secure a provocative activity for Israeli settlers in an area south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

 

Thousands of Israeli settlers started gathering in the north of the West Bank to take part in a march to the evacuated Homesh settlement located near the villages of Burqa and Bazaria, north of Nablus.

 

Palestinian residents of the villages confronted the occupation’s soldiers and settlers, who broke into their villages. The occupation’s soldiers responded by firing tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the Palestinians injuring over 50 people, some by rubber bullets, burns after being directly hit by tear gas or sound bomb, but most suffocating from tear gas inhalation.

 

One of those injured was Palestine TV cameraman, Fadi Yasin, who was hit by a rubber bullet while covering the clashes in Bazaria.

 

The Israeli occupation army blocked several major northern West Bank roads and restricted the movement of Palestinians in order to secure the area for the provocative procession of the illegal settlers.

 

Source: WAFA