In the West Bank, there are demonstrations in Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus
As soon as the very sharp intensification of attacks on Gaza was announced on Friday evening, Palestinians from the occupied West Bank took to the streets of Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus to express their anger against Israel. Since the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip began, tensions have increased in the West Bank, with demonstrations in support of the Gaza Strip and numerous Israeli army operations that have left more than a hundred Palestinians dead, according to the Palestinian authorities. .
On Friday in Ramallah, after a prayer and another demonstration, some young people attacked slingshots and keffiyehs to challenge Israeli soldiers stationed to protect the Israeli colony of Bet El near Ramallah, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. Settlers expressing the anger of Palestinians in the West Bank. Around a burning dumpster, supported by others who keep their distance, they aim their slingshots at the soldiers under the watchful eye of paramedics and numerous journalists from all over the world. “I came here in solidarity with our people in Gaza, it’s the least we can do,” Mariam Ismail told AFP, moved by the crowds facing the soldiers.
Since 2007, President Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank-ruling Palestinian Authority has no longer exercised control over the Gaza Strip after it was driven out by Hamas following days of fratricidal clashes. According to Ms. Ismail, many more would have been there if it had not been for the arrests in recent weeks, mostly of local Hamas members.
Around them came several demonstrators with their families. “Of course I’m afraid for my son, but honestly he’s the one who asked me to come here with him,” explains Ahmad Nhalla, accompanied by Zain, 10. “I am consumed, I am angry at the occupier for his incessant crimes against our people,” says the father of the family, approved by those who listen to him.
Little by little, an Israeli military vehicle and the young demonstrators determined to fight approach. Suddenly tear gas spreads. “I’m scared,” a woman repeats, crying. A young man was shot in the left leg and evacuated in an ambulance, AFP reported.