RAMALLAH, Friday, January 01, 2021 (WAFA) – At least one Palestinian protester was injured by rubber-coated rounds and others sustained suffocation from teargas today, as Israeli occupation forces assaulted hundreds of protesters taking part in the weekly nonviolent protest in the village of Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, against Israel's plan to build a new settlement outpost in the area, said witnesses.

Ayman Alawi, mayor of the village, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters at the protesters to disperse them, injuring one of them by a rubber-coated round in his head. He was moved to a nearby clinic for medical treatment. Others sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation.

Last week, Israeli settlers set up a tent and embarked on digging and construction works in the area in a prelude to establish a new colonial settlement outpost on Palestinian land.

The area has been a site of recurrent attacks by Israeli occupation forces and colonial settlers over the past few months. Palestinians have been taking part in weekly protests and nonviolent events there protesting Israeli plans to confiscate large tracts of their land for the benefit of the colonial settlement enterprise.

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