Injuries, arrests in IOF attacks in Silwan
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Multiple injuries among Palestinians were reported after Israeli occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets in the Silwan neighborhood.
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Two Palestinians sustained rubber bullets wounds and five suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
On Friday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two Palestinians in the Silwan neighborhood during violent confrontations, according to local Palestinian sources.
The Israeli occupation forces set up roadblocks, blockaded the streets in Bir Ayoub, and fired heavy tear gas, stun grenades, and sound bombs at Palestinians, arresting the two Palestinian youths, Munther Rwaidi and Ihab Abu Sneina, local sources reported.
Furthermore, local sources added that Israeli settlers attacked with stones Palestinian vehicles on the Jenin-Nablus road, near the village of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank.
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According to Ghassan Daghlas, a local activist who monitors Israeli settlers' violence in the area, a group of settlers gathered near the villages of Sebastia and Burqa and hurled stones and empty bottles at Palestinian vehicles traveling along Route 60 between Nablus and Jenin.
Local sources have also reported that two Palestinians sustained rubber bullets wounds and five others suffocated after inhaling tear gas during the confrontations in Silwan.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that three civilians were injured by Israeli occupation bullets in Qalandia Camp, north of occupied Al-Quds, including one critical case.
The Ministry stated that a man who sustained an abdominal injury with live bullets was rushed to the hospital and underwent a surgical operation and two others with injuries in their lower extremities arrived at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.
Another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli occupation bullets in confrontations with occupation forces in the town of Kafr Aqab, north of the city. The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the town of Hizma, northeast of al-Quds.
On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces stormed Kafr Aqab and confiscated surveillance cameras from some shops, before withdrawing, which led to confrontations.
