Palestinian teenager shot in back as Israeli forces suppress weekly Kafr Qaddoum rally, dozens suffocate

QALQILIA, A Fourteen-year-old Palestinian was shot and injured by rubber-coated steel bullets and dozens of others suffocated as Israeli forces quelled the weekly anti-settlement rally in Kafr Qaddoum village to the east of the West Bank district of Qalqilia, according to the coordinator of the popular resistance committee in the village, Murad Ishtawi.

He said Israeli forces attacked the rally with tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets, leading to violent clashes.

A teenager was reportedly shot in the back by rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens suffocated after inhaling the toxic gas.

The rally, which was also called for by Fatah faction, condemned the Israeli crimes in Nablus and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency

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