31st October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Ramallah, Occupied Palestine
The recent escalation of force used in the occupied Palestinian Territories was clear yesterday, Friday 30th October, when clashes broke out at Beit El near Ramallah. The demonstration was met with extreme violence by the Israeli occupation forces, leaving 15 people injured by live ammunition, 8 people injured by rubber-coated steel bullets, and 4 medics injured by pepper spray. The use of lethal weaponry against civilians at demonstrations, in situations where the Israeli forces are not in immediate mortal danger, reveals the reality of what Benjamin Netanyahu, on 16th September, described as, “the war on stone-throwers”.
Medics assaulted by Israeli forces while attempting to administer aid (Photo credit: Mohannad Darabee, ISM)
Medic injured by teargas inhalation after being targeted by Israeli Forces (Photo credit: Mohannad Darabee, ISM)
(ISM, Mohannad Darabee)