RAMALLAH,
October 6, 2015 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians were last night and Tuesday injured
with live ammunition and suffocated by inhaling teargas during recurrent
clashes in multiple areas near Ramallah, according to medical sources.
At
midday Tuesday, two Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured with
live ammunition during the confrontations at Qalandia checkpoint. The
journalist, Salah Zeyada who works with Pal Media group, was shot in his
abdomen, while the former, whose identity remains unknown, was shot in the
head.
Earlier
last night, eight Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets
during clashes at Beit El checkpoint, just northeast of Ramallah. Others were
also injured during late Monday clashes at Qalandia checkpoint, to the south of
Ramallah.
Clashes
also broke out between Israeli army and Palestinian youths at Atara checkpoint,
north of Ramallah, where the army used teargas and stun grenades to disperse
the protesters.
Two
Palestinian youths, whose identities were not verified, were hit by shrapnel
during the clashes at Atara checkpoint. One of the youth received a shrapnel in
his thigh, while the other was struck in his chest and thigh.
The
Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said 37 Palestinians were injured in the ongoing
clashes at Beit El and Qalandia checkpoints, including seven cases with live
ammunition.
PRC
added that one of its ambulances came under gunfire from the Israeli army, smashing
its windshield. However, no injuries were reported.
The
clashes came amid a seemingly growing tension across the West Bank districts
and Jerusalem with Israel’s repeated assaults on al-Aqsa Mosque Compound,
particularly its growing attempts to temporally divide the site between Muslims
and Jews.
The
situation has also been significantly deteriorating since the deadly arson
attack on the Dawabsheh’s family home on July 31, which was carried out by
Jewish settlers.
In the
past two weeks alone, about seven Palestinian youths were killed by the Israeli
army during an ongoing unrest across the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Similar
clashes broke out late Monday and Tuesday across the West Bank districts,
including in Bethlehem,
Hebron,
and Jerusalem.
M.N./T.R.
