QALQILIA, February 16, 2018 (WAFA) – At least three Palestinian protesters were on Friday injured by live bullets or rubber-coated steel rounds while eight others suffocated from teargas, during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

Morad Shtewi, a local activist, told WAFA that Israeli army quelled the weekly demonstration which local citizens from Kafr Qaddoum organize every Friday in protest against Israeli settlement construction.

He said three of the protesters sustained injuries by live shots or rubber-coated rounds while at least eight others suffocated from teargas inhalation.

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