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Israeli Forces Suppress Peaceful Demonstrations Marking Nakba, Kill Two and Injure Many

Friday, 16 May 2014 10:29

RAMALLAH (WAFA) – Two Palestinians were shot and killed, including a teenager, and eight others were injured with live bullets fired at them by Israeli forces on Thursday during a peaceful demonstration marking the 66th Nakba, catastrophe, near Ofar military camp, west of Ramallah, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said that forces fired live bullets toward the demonstration, killing two ages 17 and 20, both from northwest of Ramallah. Eight other Palestinians were shot and injured, all suffering from upper body injuries.

Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians suffocated on the same day by tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during other peaceful demonstrations in Bethlehem and Hebron, marking Nakba catastrophe, according to local and security sources.

Forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber -coated metal bullets at the protesters, causing several suffocation cases among them.

The Nakba, or catastrophe, is a story of the displacement and dispossession of an entire nation.

Marked by Palestinians throughout the world every May 15th, the Nakba represents a historic injustice, where approximately 800,000 Palestinians or 67% of the Palestinian people by 1948, became refugees and approximately 418 Palestinian villages were depopulated and/or destroyed.

The process of displacement of Palestinian population, which began with the Nakba, has continued to this day.

 

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency - WAFA