6 Palestinians injured during protest against Zionist settlement construction in Kafr Qaddum

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Jul. 23 (YPA) – At least six Palestinians were injured on Friday by Israeli occupation forces during the weekly protest against Zionist settlement construction and expansion in the village of Kafr Qaddum, in the West Bank province of Qalqilia, WAFA News Agency reported.

According to the agency, the Israeli occupation forces attacked the protesters with rubber-coated rounds and tear gas canisters, injuring five of them by rubber-coated rounds and causing many cases of suffocation from gas inhalation.

All of the injured protesters were treated at the scene of the clashes.

For many years, villagers from Kafr Qaddum and neighboring villages have been holding weekly protests every Friday against illegal Zionist settlement construction.

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