Tag: Rubber-coated steel bullets
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Israeli forces fire on Iraq Burin villagers
International Solidarity Movement 24 January 2010 Israeli forces opened fire on Iraq Burin villagers Saturday, following a settler attack that has become almost a weekly routine in the Palestinian village near Nablus. One villager was injured and treated at the hospital after being struck in the thigh by a tear gas canister. An expectant atmosphere…
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Six Injured and Six Arrested During a Nabbi Saleh Demonstration
Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee 22 January 2010 Six demonstrators, including three Israeli activists, were injured today in the West Bank village of Nabbi Saleh after the army invaded the village earlier today. The soldiers launched an unprovoked attack at the center of the village, even before a scheduled demonstration began. Three women and three men…
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Israeli forces invade Bil’in following Friday demonstration, shoot live ammunition
16 January 2010 Eight demonstrators were injured today in Bil’in along with dozens who suffered tear-gas inhalation during a regular Friday protest against the Wall and subsequent army invasion into the village. The army used live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas grenades and canisters against the unarmed crowd. The demonstration, called by the Bil’in…