Red Crescent medics treat 339 protesters in the West Bank

Medics carry an injured protester during clashes between protesters and Israeli  forces at a demonstration marking Land Day, at Qalandiya checkpoint Ramallah  on March 30. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)

30 March 2012 | Ma’an News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 339 protesters on Friday at protests around the West Bank to mark Land Day, a spokesman said.

Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that five people were seriously injured and 55 hospitalized as protesters commemorated six Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces in 1976 at demonstrations against Israel’s land confiscation in the Galilee.

Three people in Bethlehem were critically injured, one of whom was hit in the face by a tear gas canister. A protester … Continue reading