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Dozens of Palestinians injured in new clashes with Israeli soldiers

Saturday, 05 December 2015 6:23 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 05 December 2015 6:30 AM ]

Palestinians rush to help a demonstrator wounded in the eye during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration against Israeli occupation in the city of al-Bireh, on the outskirts of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, November 29, 2015. (Photo by AFP)

Dozens of Palestinians have sustained injuries in new skirmishes between Israeli military forces and Palestinian protesters across the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources, requesting anonymity, said three people were struck by live rounds while six others were hit with rubber-coated steel bullets when clashes broke out close to the Ofer prison, which lies near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday.

Violence also erupted in the eastern Jabal al-Taweel neighborhood of the city of al-Bireh, situated 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) north of Jerusalem (al-Quds), with Israeli troopers firing tear gas canisters as well as live and rubber bullets, and chasing Palestinians.

Israeli forces stand at the site of an alleged stabbing attack by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank village of Hizma, north of al-Quds (Jerusalem), December 3, 2015. (Photo by AFP)

Four Palestinians were injured with sponge-tipped bullets during a weekly protest rally in the central West Bank village of Bil’in, located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) west of al-Quds.

Additionally, at least 11 Palestinians were taken to the Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah, located over 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) south of Gaza City, after clashes broke out with Israeli forces east of the al-Buriej refugee camp.

Gaza’s Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said 31 Palestinians sustained injuries during skirmishes near the Nahal Oz border crossing, which lies northeast of Gaza City, as well as in Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl rocks during clashes with Israeli forces on November 27, 2015, near the Israeli Ofer prison, near the West Bank town of Betunia, following a demonstration against Palestinian land confiscation and settlement expansion. (Photo by AFP)

Tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue unabated. The wave of unrest was triggered by Israel’s imposition in August of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds.

Palestinians are also angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers, who frequently storm the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. The Palestinians say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the compound.

More than 110 Palestinians and nearly 20 Israelis have been killed in the recent wave of clashes between Palestinians and Israelis since the start of October.

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