BREAKING| Palestinian youth injured with Israeli rubber-coated metal bullets in Beita
Nablus (QNN)- A Palestinian youth got injured after Israeli occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets directly towards Palestinians participating in the weekly protest against Israel’s settlement expansion in Beita village in Nablus.
Local sources said a Palestinian activist, who has not been identified yet, got injured in his head with rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the occupation forces in the village of Beita towards the peaceful protestors to suppress them. The forces have also intensively fired tear-gas canisters and live ammunition.
The occupation forces deliberately target journalists and activists over their documentation of the attacks.
Residents of Beita village have been organising weekly protests against the construction of an Israeli settlement outpost on Jabal Sabih.
Since the start of the peaceful protests in Beita, Israeli occupation forces killed nine Palestinians in the village, while they were defending their land and protesting against Israel’s settlement expansion.
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