- Palestine
- May 10, 2010
- 1 minute read
IOF troops violently disperse peaceful march
BETHLEHEM, — Israeli occupation forces (IOF) beat up Palestinian demonstrators in Beit Jala town, Bethlehem district, on Sunday for marching against the separation wall.
Locals said that the demonstrators responded to the beating by throwing stones and empty bottles at the soldiers who fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas bombs.
They noted that the soldiers deliberately fired the teargas canisters at civilian homes causing breathing difficulties for many citizens inside their homes.
Demonstrators hoisted Palestinian flags and placards denouncing the racist wall then threw a large ammount of products of Israeli settlements near their bulldozed lands and set them on fire in front of the soldiers.