Palestinians Hurt in West Bank Clashes with Israeli Army

Clashes erupted after Friday prayers when Palestinians staged demonstrations against the Israeli occupation and the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Anadolu Agency reported.

Confrontations took place in the village of Mazraa al-Gharbia near Ramallah, during which Israeli troops used teargas and live ammunition to disperse protesters.

Eyewitnesses reported that four Palestinians hurt by live ammunition had been taken to the nearby Ramallah Medical Complex.

Dozens of others, witnesses said, were treated in the field after inhaling excessive teargas.

In Nablus, meanwhile, six Palestinian demonstrators were injured by rubber bullets, Murad Shtewi, coordinator of a local popular resistance committee, told Anadolu Agency.

The injured, he said, had since been taken to the Rafidia government hospital in Nablus.

Similar confrontations were also reported in the towns of Nilin, Bilin, Nabi Saleh and Budrus near Ramallah; in Hebron’s Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood; and near the Northern entrance of Bethlehem.

The Palestinian territories have remained tense since last December, when US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The move drew widespread condemnation from across the region and sparked angry protests in the Palestinian territories --- and several clashes with Israeli troops --- that have left more than 25 Palestinians dead.