RAMALLAH, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 (WAFA) – Heeding calls by political factions, mainly President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, thousands of Palestinians rallied in several West Bank city centers to protest the latest American declaration on settlements that considered them not inconsistent with international law.

Rallies were held in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm, Bethlehem and Hebron during which political leaders spoke to the crowds about the impact of the US decision on the situation on the ground and promising to fight this declaration at the local and international levels.

Following the rallies, dozens of people marched to Israeli army checkpoints at the entrances to the cities where they clashed with Israeli soldiers, according to witnesses.

Clashes were reported at the northern entrance to Ramallah and Al-Bireh city after Israeli soldiers showered dozens of people who reached it with teargas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets. Medical sources said one person was shot in the leg by a live bullet and rushed to hospital in Ramallah. Several suffocation cases were reported but treated at the location.

At Bethlehem’s northern entrance, soldiers fired teargas at the protesters causing suffocation cases but no serious injuries.

Similar clashes were reported north of Hebron and at the city’s contact points in the old town. Two people were reportedly lightly injured by rubber bullets.

Palestinians also burnt tires and threw rocks at soldiers manning metal gates at the separation barrier in Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank.

The Israeli army sent reinforcements into the West Bank today in anticipation of outbreak of clashes as part of the day of rage activities.

M.K.