Israeli occupation forces injured dozens of Palestinians while suppressing the weekly anti-settlement marches in the cities of Nablus and Qalqilya on Friday, September 15, 2023.
In Nablus, local sources reported dozens of Palestinian injuries in the town of Qaryut, southeast of the city, as Israeli forces used dozens of tear gas canisters to suppress the weekly march.
Palestinian Red Crescent teams treated 73 injuries during the confrontations in Qaryut. Among them, a young man suffered a broken nose and bleeding from a rubber bullet to the face.
Six others were injured by rubber bullets, three people sustained bruises and beatings, two were wounded by shrapnel from grenades, and many suffered from the effects of tear gas.
Due to the occupation forces’ use of grenades, residents of four houses had to be evacuated after their windows were shattered, and they experienced suffocation due to the fires caused by the grenades.
The confrontations extended to the town of Beita, south of Nablus, where Palestinian youth ignited rubber tires near a settlement outpost on Mount Sbeih.
As a result, activist Abu Moaad Muaddi, involved in popular resistance, sustained a minor injury from a gas grenade to his head while in Beita.
In Qalqilya, confrontations erupted between Palestinian youth and Israeli occupation forces during the weekly march in the town of Kafr Qaddum to the east.
Anti-settlement Marches
Numerous areas across the West Bank host these recurring Friday events and marches, primarily intended to protest against the expansion of Israeli settlements.
Unfortunately, these gatherings frequently escalate into confrontations as Israeli occupation forces resort to using live ammunition, rubber bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs against demonstrators.
According to the United Nations, there has been a significant increase in the number of settlers in the West Bank and ‘East Jerusalem’, with approximately 700,000 settlers now living in 279 settlements, up from 520,000 in 2012.
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In addition to the growing number of settlers, the current Israeli government has been actively advancing various settlement projects in the occupied West Bank. These projects have included the expansion of existing settlements.
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