RAMALLAH, February 23, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Friday used force to suppress the weekly peaceful march held in Ni‘lin village, west of Ramallah, to protest Israeli settlement activities and the apartheid wall.

Mohammad Amira, member of the popular committee against separation wall and settlement in the town, told WAFA Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward protesters to disperse them, causing many to suffocate.

A journalist who was covering the incident was reportedly struck in the head with a tear gas canister, however due to the combat helmet he was wearing at the time, he avoided any injury.

T.R.