Israeli soldiers in the West Bank aiming to fire at Palestinian demonstrators.
West Bank Palestinians Protest Israeli Actions
in Gaza; Israel Kills, Injures Palestinians throughout West Bank under the
Cover of Media Focus on Gaza
While most of the world media was focusing on
the Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip, the situation in the occupied West
Bank was also volatile.
A majority of schools across the West Bank were
closed, and several marches and demonstrations took place in a number of
Palestinian cities and towns.
The largest share of the action on 2 March
occurred in Hebron. From the morning, demonstrations were organized in many
locations and clashes between the demonstrators and the Israeli military
occurred in Beit Awwa, a village to the southwest of Hebron. 14-year-old
Mahmmoud Mohammed Masalma was killed when Israeli soldiers shot him the heart.
An additional 45 people were injured, three of them in serious condition
according to reports from the hospital.
Most of the injured were children, including:
Azzam Rajabi, 16.
Ja’far Abu Aisah, 13.
Mohammed Kawazba, 15.
Mahmoud Abed Elqader, 15.
Mohammed Makhamreh, 15.
Mohmmed Najjar, 19.
Mohammed Haddar, 19.
Rami Hosheyya, 11.
Ala' Mosa Bohais, 15.
Demonstrations also took place in the Baba
Zaweyya neighborhood of Hebron. All the shops were closed because of a general
strike and, from the morning, Israeli soldiers moved through the empty streets and
opened the fire on the people. The same situation occurred in the villages of Yatta,
Saeer and Bait Awwa.
In Bethelehem, four people were injured: one in
clashes in the city and three in the village of Taqo in the southern part of
the Bethlehem district. Two Palestinians were injured in the town of Salfeet in
the northern of West Bank.
According to local sources, tomorrow a general
strike will also be held tomorrow.
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