Israeli forces shot, on Friday, a Palestinian child and injured dozens of citizens during the army’s suppression of the anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank.
Prior to the weekly anti-settlement march, occupation forces invaded the village and surrounded the Omar Bin Al-Khattab Mosque, the meeting place for the weekly marches.
Media sources said occupation soldiers fired live rounds, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters at citizens, shooting a child in the leg and causing others to sustain inhalation injuries.
Sources added that a 14-year-old child was shot in the leg with live ammunition; he was transported to hospital in Nablus in stable condition.
Dozens of citizens suffered the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation; they were treated at the scene by local medics.
In 2003, Israeli occupation authorities closed the main road to the village, in favor of the illegal Israeli colonizers who have full access to the road.
The road closure forces Palestinian citizens to take longer routes to reach Nablus city, the nearest major commercial center.
Local Palestinian citizens have been gathering every Friday afternoon to express their opposition to the ongoing illegal colonization.
In related news, illegal Israeli colonizers killed the young man, Rashid Mahmoud Abdel Qader Seddah, 23, and critically injured another, during a large-scale attack against the people of Jit village, east of Qalqilia.
Around 100 colonizers, under army protection, attacked Jit village, and burned four Palestinian-owned homes and six vehicles, while soldiers blocked civil defense crews from extinguishing the fire.
