NABLUS, Mar 20 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man was killed yesterday, when the Israeli army used live and rubber bullets, to disperse a weekly protest against settlements, in the northern West Bank.
Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers, in the town of Beit Dajan in the eastern Nablus province, after the forces fired live and rubber bullets, as well as, tear gas canisters at them.
An Anadolu Agency correspondent said, the man was hit in the face.
Palestinians usually stage weekly protests in the occupied West Bank, against illegal Israeli settlements.
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is regarded as occupied territory under international law, making all Jewish settlements there illegal.
