Two Palestinian children were injured and dozens of civilians suffocated in Hebron and various occupied Palestinian cities on Friday as the Israeli army attempted to oppress peaceful protests marking the anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.
In Hebron, Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas at citizens who marched the streets from Ali al-Bakka Mosque in the city center to commemorate the massacre’s 27th anniversary and condemn the occupation forces’ measures and attacks on the Mosque.
Demonstrators raised the Palestinian flag and pictures of the mosque and the martyrs while chanting slogans denouncing the settlers and the army’s crimes against Palestinians.
On Feb. 25, 1994, during dawn prayer, hundreds of Palestinians were attacked by mass shootings and bombings at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. The attack killed 29 worshippers and injured 150 others.
Israeli soldiers who were present back then closed the doors of the mosque to prevent worshipers from leaving and did not allow the entrance of people who tried to save the wounded.
Later, other Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli bullets, taking the number of martyrs to 50.
Palestinians launched their weekly peaceful rallies after Friday prayers to protest this massacre and the continuation of repression, Judaization, occupation, and settlement policies.
The Israeli army used rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse the marchers.
In Saffa village, west of Ramallah, Israeli forces shot and injured 16-year-old Ahmad Falna in the leg with live ammunition.
Occupation soldiers took the child in an ambulance to Hadassah Hospital in West Jerusalem.
In the weekly anti-settlement protest in Kafr Qaddum to demand the reopening of the village street, which has been closed for more than 17 years, a 10-year-old child was wounded with a sponge-tipped bullet in the chest.
Dozens suffocated and five others were arrested after the Israeli army dispersed marches condemning settlement in the occupied West Bank.
On Friday at dawn, dozens of settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army forces, stormed the Islamic shrines in Kafel Haris town, north of Salfit city.
Friday prayers were performed on the ruins of the Alayan family demolished building by the occupation municipality in Deir Jarir village.
