Army on high alert as ‘Nakba Day’ rallies turn violent
Source: Times of Israel
17 Palestinians wounded in clashes with IDF in West Bank; protests in Jerusalem, Gaza, Lebanon mark the ‘catastrophe’ of the establishment of Israel
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank on Friday, wounding at least 17 people, medics and security sources said.
Clashes took place near Ramallah and farther north in Nablus, as Palestinians marked Nakba Day, an annual commemoration of the “catastrophe,” as the Palestinians refer to it, of Israel’s establishment 67 years ago.
At a demonstration outside Ofer military prison near Ramallah, dozens of protesters threw stones at soldiers who responded with riot-dispersal means. Palestinian medics said seven Palestinians were wounded.
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