RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Dozens of Palestinian demonstrators
were wounded in the Israeli occupation forces’ violent quelling of their march
marking 64th anniversary of Nakba near the Ofer jail on Tuesday.
Sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent said that 63
citizens were evacuated by ambulance teams including eight injured with rubber
bullets while the 55 others were treated for breathing problems as a result of
the IOF extensive use of tear gas.
Young men participating in the central Palestinian
Nakba march in Ramallah city decided to proceed to Ofer jail where they burnt
tires and chanted slogans against occupation.
21 other casualties were reported in similar
confrontations near Qalandia roadblock between Ramallah and occupied Jerusalem
including seven with rubber bullets.
Meanwhile, IOF troops blocked the return march that
was organized from Nilin village to Ramle city in 1948 occupied Palestine and
attacked participants.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested
three young men including Rana Hammad, a Canadian young woman of Palestinian
origin.
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