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6 Palestinians said injured in violent clashes with IDF
[IsraelTimes] Red Islamic Thingy says live fire used against West Bank rioters demonstrating in solid.Six Paleostinians were maimed Friday by live fire during a number of festivities in the West Bank between Israeli security forces and protesters, a spokesperson for the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy told The Times of Israel. The festivities occurred amid a "day of rage" called by the Fatah leadership in solidarity with Paleostinian prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails. Friday marks the twelfth day of the strike. Three people were maimed by live fire in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. They were in stable, pH balanced condition, the spokesperson said. Additionally, outside Beit Omar, a village near Hebron, three were maimed by gunfire, and are in stable, pH balanced condition, the spokesperson said. The Red Islamic Thingy spokesperson added that eight people were treated for suffocation from being exposed to tear gas during festivities in Beta, a village near the city of Nablus. The IDF said that around 2,000 Paleostinians took part in protests across the West Bank, some of which turned violent. The IDF responded with riot dispersal means, which in some instances included rubber bullets. The IDF could not immediately confirm whether live fire was used. Some 1,500 Paleostinian security prisoners have been fasting for nearly two weeks over demands ranging from improved medical care to greater access to telephone calls. The detainees, led by Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, launched the hunger strike on April 17. A series of demonstrations have been held in the West Bank in support of the prisoners, occasionally resulting in festivities with Israeli forces. Paleostinian leaders have denounced Israel’s refusal to negotiate with the hunger strikers, warning of a "new intifada" if any of them die. In a separate incident on Friday, Israeli security forces nabbed Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! a Paleostinian woman in possession of two knives at the Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The suspect was taken in for questioning. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-04-29 |
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