An Israeli soldier throws a tear gas canister at Palestinian protesters during clashes following a protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, June 24, 2022. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
RAMALLAH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 130 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in several West Bank villages, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Among the injured were three shot by live ammunition and nine by rubber bullets, while the others inhaled teargas fired by Israeli soldiers.
Fierce clashes broke out between anti-settlement protesters and Israeli soldiers in the villages of Beita and Beit Dajan, south and east of Nablus city respectively, and in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qaqilya city, said eyewitnesses.
The protesters burned tires and threw stones at the Israeli soldiers stationed on the perimeters of the villages, they added.
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers and members of Israeli border police following a protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
Murad Eshteiwi, coordinator of popular resistance in Kafr Qaddum village, told Xinhua that the Israeli soldiers used rubber bullets, teargas and sound bombs to attack the Palestinian protesters rejecting the measures against their village.
The popular resistance in the village will continue until its full goals are achieved as part of the national aspiration to end the occupation of the Palestinian territories and establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, Eshteiwi noted.
Israeli authorities have not commented on the incidents yet.
A Palestinian protester runs to take cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers and members of Israeli border police following a protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
Beita, Beit Dajan and Kafr Qaddum see weekly protests by Palestinians against the expansion of Israeli settlements.
Israel occupied the West Bank and Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war.
Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli settlement's affairs in the northern West Bank, said the Israeli army provides protection for the settlers to control the lands in Nablus' villages and try to expel the Palestinian owners.
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl a stone at Israeli soldiers during clashes following a protest against the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, June 24, 2022. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)■
