Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire near Ramallah

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The Palestinian youths pelted Israeli troops with stones and empty bottles, but the troops responded by firing teargas and birdshot, wounding ten Palestinians and making dozens of others experience temporary asphyxiation

Ten Palestinians were wounded with birdshot and dozens of others experienced temporary asphyxiation on Saturday during clashes that erupted with an Israeli force in Silwad, a Palestinian town northeast of Ramallah, against the background of Friday’s killing by Israeli gunfire of a Palestinian boy, local eyewitnesses said.

Palestinian youths blocked a main road usually used by Israeli settlers near the town, one of the eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.

He noted that the road blockage induced the clashes between the Palestinian youths blocking the road and Israeli troops.

The Palestinian youths, the eyewitness said, pelted Israeli troops with stones and empty bottles, but the troops responded by firing teargas and birdshot, wounding ten Palestinians and making dozens of others experience temporary asphyxiation.

He added that the Israeli troops chased the Palestinian youths into Silwad.

A Palestinian-American boy died on Friday of wounds he sustained during clashes with the Israeli army.

The United States mourned the death of the boy who should be buried on Sunday.

There has been a growing pitch of confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli army and police in the occupied Gaza Strip over the past days.

Israeli media described the growing clashes as a new “uprising.”

Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire near Ramallah