Israeli troopers brutally repress anti-occupation rally in al-Khalil

Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries Friday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently attacked a rally staged in response to the establishment of a military watchtower at Kharsa crossroads, in al-Khalil.

PIC quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Israeli military patrols unleashed heavy spates of teargas canisters following Friday prayers performed by Palestinian protesters near an Israeli military watchtower in Kharsa, in al-Khalil’s town of Dura.

The peaceful Palestinian worshipers chanted slogans condemning the ceaseless Israeli violations.

Heavily-armed Israeli patrols showed up shortly afterwards and declared the area a closed military zone before the soldiers sprayed protesters with sewage in an attempt to disband them.

The Israeli forces further cracked down on journalists and cameramen.