Seven Palestinians today sustained gunshot injuries as Israeli forces quelled an anti-colonial-settlement rally in Kafr Qaddum town, east of Qalqiliya, according to a local activist.
Hundreds participated in the weekly rally against colonial settlement expansion and Wednesday’s large-scale raid that resulted in the killing of four Palestinians and injuring dozens others in Jenin refugee camp.
Morad Shtewi, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked the protestors with rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding five.
He added that two others sustained injuries due to falling after being chased by the soldiers.
All the casualties were treated at the scene.
There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA)