An elderly man was injured after he was hit by a gas canister in his leg, while others suffocated from teargas inhalation, when Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in the village of Bil’in, to the west of Ramallah, according to local WAFA sources.
Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters towards Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, who were partaking in the weekly nonviolent.
Medical sources said the wounded man, 62, was shot with a concussion grenade in his leg.
They added that many protesters suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment.
