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Army injures dozens of Palestinians, including journalists,in Kufur Qaddoum

JUL 3, 2021

Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in , east of the
northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured dozens of Palestinians,
including journalists. Friday marks the tenth year since the processions

started in Kufur Qaddoum.

This week’s protests came in commemoration of the tenth anniversary since
the protests against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies started in
Kufur Qaddoum, and was attended by dozens of Palestinians, including
political and

religious figures, such as Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio, parish priest of
the Melkite Greek Catholic church, and the head of the Wall and Colonization
Resistance Commission, Walid Assaf, in addition to several political and
social

leaders and figures.

Morad Eshteiwi, the spokesperson of the Popular Committee in Qalqilia, said
the Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters with a barrage of gas bombs and
rubber-coated steel bullets.

He added that

It is worth mentioning that the but were unable to abduct any.

Eshteiwi stated that Israel has been constantly trying to suppress and
silence the ongoing processions in Kufur Qaddoum since Jully of 2011,
demanding the army to reopen the town’s main road, which was blockaded in
2003, to enable easy

access to illegal colonialist settlers driving to and from the illegal
Kedumim colony, which was built on their lands.

Video from Kufur Qaddoum

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