23 Palestinians injured as Israeli forces crackdown on Beita anti-settlement protest

18-02-2022

Israeli forces dawn Friday cracked down on an anti-settlement protest in Beita town, south of Nablus, injuring 23 Palestinians, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that Israeli forces violently attacked Palestinians who gathered atop Jabal Sabih (Sabih Mountain), near the town, in the early morning hours to confront settlers who planned to reach the hill to rebuild the evacuated colonial settlement outpost of Givat Eviatar. The heavily-armed soldiers opened fire at the villagers who barricaded themselves at the site, causing 16 to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, hitting another with rubber-coated steel bullets and another with a tear gas canister. They also chased protestors determined to confront the settler intrusion, causing five to sustain injuries due to falling from high places. Two out of the five who fell from high places were rushed to a hospital for treatment, while all other casualties were treated at the scene. The Israeli military gearing up for a possible anti-settlement protest at the flashpoint site, deploying reinforcements and using bulldozers to block off all roads to the site with earth mounds, obstructing medical crew from reaching the confrontation site to evacuate casualties.

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