AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday kidnapped nine foreign activists and wounded five Palestinians while quelling a peaceful march against settlement activity in Beit Ummar village, Al-Khalil district.
Local sources in the village said that fistfights were reported between Palestinians and foreign activists on the one hand and IOF troops on the other, noting that the soldiers used force to break up the demonstration.
The soldiers used batons and rifle butts to assault the marchers wounding five Palestinians, they added.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained a Palestinian youth in Qalqilia city late Saturday night and another from Bil'in, Ramallah district, at dawn Sunday.
Furthermore, Israeli border guards rounded up 178 Palestinian workers over the weekend on charges of entering 1948 occupied Palestine without work permits while seven other persons were arrested for transporting the workers.
Local sources in the village said that fistfights were reported between Palestinians and foreign activists on the one hand and IOF troops on the other, noting that the soldiers used force to break up the demonstration.
The soldiers used batons and rifle butts to assault the marchers wounding five Palestinians, they added.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers detained a Palestinian youth in Qalqilia city late Saturday night and another from Bil'in, Ramallah district, at dawn Sunday.
Furthermore, Israeli border guards rounded up 178 Palestinian workers over the weekend on charges of entering 1948 occupied Palestine without work permits while seven other persons were arrested for transporting the workers.
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