RAMALLAH, Friday, December 14, 2018 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated steel rounds and others suffocated from teargas, during clashes which erupted with Israeli forces at many points of friction across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to local sources and witnesses.

In Ramallah district, Israeli soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinians taking part in rally in protest of the recent Israeli escalation in the West Bank, which set out following Friday prayer in the village of Mughayer, to the northeast of the city.

The forces injured two Palestinians by rubber-coated rounds, while others suffocated from gas inhalation as the forces fired teargas canisters to disperse them.

Israeli army also fired rubber-coated rounds at a similar protest in the heart of Hebron city, in southern West Bank, and injured three Palestinians, including a journalist. The forces also fired teargas canisters, causing many cases of suffocation among the protesters.

Three other Palestinians were also injured by Israeli forces as the latter quelled a similar protest near Huwwara checkpoint, on the southern entrance to Nablus city in the northern West Bank.

Clashes also erupted in the village of Lubban Esharqia, to the south of Nablus, and at least one Palestinian was reportedly hit and injured by a rubber-coated bullet.

There were also reports of similar injuries in clashes with the Israeli army at many points of friction in Nablus and Ramallah district, especially along north-south route 60 which connects the major cities in the occupied West Bank.

M.N