Publish date10 Feb 2022 - 3:05
Story Code : 538057

Two young Palestinians injured in West Bank protests for day of anger

Israeli forces fired live rounds, tear gas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the protesting crowd, who burnt tires in return to keep them away from the site.
Two young Palestinians injured in West Bank protests for day of anger
Israeli forces fired live rounds, tear gas canisters and stun grenades to disperse the protesting crowd, who burnt tires in return to keep them away from the site.

Local sources said two young men were shot and injured by live ammunition, and were transferred to hospital for medical treatment.

Several others were treated at the scene for chest tightness, coughing and a choking sensation, as they had been exposed to tear gas fired by Israeli forces.

The protests came as a "day of anger" and general strikes were being observed across the West Bank, including the cities of Ramallah, Nablus and Tulkarm, on Wednesday. Several Palestinian factions called for mass protests as well.

The killing of the three Palestinian resistance fighters on Tuesday was widely condemned by Palestinians as a “field execution” and an “assassination”. 

The targeted military operation took place in the heart of Nablus in broad daylight. Israeli soldiers used two private vehicles with Palestinian plates to enter al-Makhfiya neighborhood of the northern West Bank city to reach their target. 

They then got out and surrounded the vehicle carrying the Palestinian men, and fired at it intensely from point-blank range. 

The Israeli military said it ambushed the fighters, adding that they were members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades – the military wing of Fatah resistance movement.

Meanwhile, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the horrendous killing of three Palestinian resistance fighters in broad daylight by the Israeli military in Nablus.

“This crime falls within the context of the policy of field execution and premeditated killings that are being  perpetrated against Palestinian people, in flagrant violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention,” it said in a statement.

The OIC also called on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to assume its legal and political responsibilities and put pressure on the occupying Israeli regime to stop such criminal acts, hold it accountable for all its violations and racist policies, and provide international protection for Palestinian people.
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