RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 18, 2023 (WAFA) – Thousands of people today took to the streets in West Bank cities as a general strike was observed in protest against Israel’s massacres in the Gaza Strip, the latest was the bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City which killed and wounded hundreds of innocent people who were taking shelter at the hospital after their houses were shelled and destroyed.
Palestinians took part in a massive protest in Ramallah city center, as well as in Tulkarm, Nablus, Hebron and Bethlehem where participants carried the Palestinian flag and chanted slogans denouncing the Israeli massacres that so far left almost 3,500 people dead and more than 12,000 injured in the non-stop bombardment of the Gaza Strip since October 7.
In Hebron in the south of the West Bank, Israeli occupation forces used force to suppress the protest in the center of the occupied city, injuring a minor with a live bullet and dozens suffocating from inhaling toxic gas.
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