BETHELEHM, June 5, 2011 ( WAFA ) – Israeli soldiers Sunday surrounded and prevented a Palestinian march commemorating the 44th anniversary of the Naksa day; the June 5, 1967 war, in Al Walaja, a village west of Bethlehem.
Chairman of the village's council, Salih Khalifa, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers prevented the march from moving forward to reach the confiscated Ein Jweza, an area in Bethlehem, through severely beating Palestinian Protesters while firing tear gas bombs, causing several suffocation cases.
He added that dozens of Israeli soldiers are also surrounding protesters near Der Cremisan, an area north of Bethlehem.
Khalifa said that this march proves that Palestinians are holding on to their inalienable rights despite of all the Israeli measures against them.
Israeli soldiers are still surrounding protesters until this moment.
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