[ PIC 16/02/2013 – 10:32 AM ]
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JENIN, (PIC)– More than 50 Palestinian young men sustained injuries during clashes on Friday with Israeli troops in Yabud town south of Jenin city, and at the Jalama checkpoint to the north of the city.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of young men suffered from tear gas suffocation following an Israeli security raid in Maloul area of Yabud town.
Citizens said the Israeli occupation forces started to provoke the feelings of the Palestinian residents in the area and interrogated some of them on the streets, prompting dozens of young men to throw stones at the soldiers who responded by firing tear gas grenades.
Other clashes also broke out at the Jalama checkpoint between young men, who rallied in support of prisoners, and soldiers, according to local sources.
More than 15 young men were taken prisoners and 30 others suffered tear gas injuries during the confrontations.
Israeli soldiers from the Jalama checkpoint used their vehicles to chase the young men and physically assaulted two of them, one was in a wheelchair.
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