RAMALLAH, December 22, 2006 (WAFA) - Israeli soldiers fired on Friday tear gas and shot rubber bullets at Bil'in anti-wal weekly protest, seriously wounding four children.

International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said that marchers chanted slogans urging Palestinian leaders to end internal conflict and unite against the Israeli occupation.

On reaching the gate in the wall the marchers, many of them waving olive branches, found their route blocked by soldiers lined up in front of the gate.

As some villagers went under a railing they were grabbed and dragged away by soldiers.

The protesters then walked downhill alongside the razor wire which some pulled at and others trampled with olive branches. More units of soldiers were immediately dispatched to this area and a sound bomb was fired, according to ISM.

"Many protesters were grabbed and shoved roughly by the soldiers, sustaining cuts and bruises."

A.D (22:00 P) (20:00 GMT)