Pictures| Israeli forces chase, assault Palestinian workers on Dhahiriya crossing
Hebron (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces earlier on Sunday assaulted and chased out dozens of Palestinian workers heading to workplaces, on Dhahiriya crossing, south-west of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said the Israeli forces chased dozens of Palestinian workers and assaulted them on the Dhahiriya crossing earlier today as they were heading to their workplaces in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
Due to the lack of job opportunities in the West Bank, some Palestinians are forced to look for employment in Israeli-occupied Palestine in order to make a living.
However, entrance into the Israeli-occupied Palestine requires that Palestinians from the West Bank apply for entry permits, which are virtually impossible to obtain.
As a result, Palestinian workers from the West Bank regularly attempt to cross the apartheid Wall or such crossings, that lead to their work, without a permit, putting them at risk of being arrested, assaulted and attacked by Israeli occupation forces.
Since 2002, ‘Israel’ has been constructing a wall that stretches for more than 700 kilometres, annexing Palestinian land inside the occupied West Bank. This wall is known as separation wall or apartheid wall.
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Due to the lack of job opportunities in the West Bank, some Palestinians are forced to look for employment in Israeli-occupied Palestine in order to make a living.
However, entrance into the Israeli-occupied Palestine requires that Palestinians from the West Bank apply for entry permits, which are virtually impossible to obtain.
As a result, Palestinian workers from the West Bank regularly attempt to cross the apartheid Wall or such crossings, that lead to their work, without a permit, putting them at risk of being arrested, assaulted and attacked by Israeli occupation forces.
Since 2002, ‘Israel’ has been constructing a wall that stretches for more than 700 kilometres, annexing Palestinian land inside the occupied West Bank. This wall is known as separation wall or apartheid wall.
