Palestinians’ “Day of Rage” continues for the sixth day in a row

Palestine

Published: 2017-12-12 15:38

Last Updated: 2024-04-19 03:43


A Picture was taken on Friday for a 16-year-old Palestinian boy arrested by a full Israeli military force for protesting. (Social Media)
A Picture was taken on Friday for a 16-year-old Palestinian boy arrested by a full Israeli military force for protesting. (Social Media)

For the sixth day in a row, Palestinians are in streets protesting Trump’s Jerusalem decision, fighting for their rights to deliver their message to the world.

At least 17 Palestinians and several others were assaulted in multiple raids across the West Bank on Monday and early Tuesday.

In Hebron, Israeli military forces detained two Palestinians, including one 17-year-old, and two others were detained after forced stormed their homes during separate raids into Deir Samit and Deir al-Asal towns, west and southwest of Hebron.

Also in East Jerusalem, Israeli police raided As-Sawaneh neighborhood, where they fired live ammunition at residents.

Similar clashes and raids were reported in the Eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Musrara.

In Bethlehem, Israeli militants ransacked many homes and detained a Palestinian in Husan village.

Two Palestinian brothers were also detained from Tell village, southwest of Nablus, and another from Qalqilya city.

Further protests erupted among university students, one at the campus of Palestine Technical University in Tulkarm, were at least one person was injured. High school students in Arroub refugee camp, Hebron, also marched to the main entrance where Israeli soldiers are stationed. Clashes erupted with Israeli forces firing teargas into the crowd of protesters.

Meanwhile in Gaza, two people were killed and several injured on Tuesday when an Israeli strike reportedly hit the town of Beit Lahia, northern the Strip.

The two men died instantly after an Israeli warplane reportedly fired a missile at their motorcycle in the area of Al-Manshiyya, and tens of nearby walkers were injured. Israeli forces have denied the incident.

Other clashes erupted at the eastern Gaza borders, in which four people were injured, two of them seriously.

More than 1,778 people have been injured by Israeli fire since the beginning of clashes in the occupied Palestinian territories last week, with people taking to the streets to express anger and rejection of Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.