Some 300 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli occupation

SANAA, Jun.05 (YPA) – The Palestinian Red Crescent society reported that 293 Palestinians were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank.

“Two hundred and ninety-three Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Beta and Beit Dajan areas near Nablus in  the West Bank ,” the Palestinian Red Crescent society said in a statement .

Sixteen people were shot by live bullets , while 20 were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets, it added.

These injuries were recorded during the forcible dispersal of the Jerusalem Marathon and other anti-settlement events south of Nablus, east of Qalqilya and west of Ramallah.

According to Al-Amal Health Services, its crews dealt with 40 injuries ranging from rubber bullets to suffocation and assault with sticks and batons, during the Israeli forces’ incursion into the Batan al-Hawa neighborhood of Slawan and the targeting of citizens’ homes.

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