Israeli Forces Quell Several Protests near Ramallah

Rasa - Israeli forces quelled several cases of protests by Palestinian farmers and activists in the villages of Ras Karkar, Mughayer and Bal’in in Ramallah district, in the central West Bank.

News ID: 441836

Date: 02 December 2018 - 11:03

RNA - In Ras Karkar, hundreds of protesters took part in the weekly protest following Friday prayer against Israel’s plan to confiscate large tracts of Palestinian-owned land outside the village, before they were attacked by teargas by the Israeli soldiers, WAFA reported. Several protesters suffocated from gas inhalation.

Soldiers also fired rubber-coated steel rounds and teargas canisters towards the protesters in the nearby villages of Mughayer and Bal’in to disperse them, causing many cases of suffocation from gas inhalation.

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