Israeli forces quell anti-settlement marches in Masarah and Kafr Qaddum villages

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently attacked the weekly marches against settlement that were organized on the second day of Eid Al-Fitr (lesser Bairam) in the villages of Masarah and Kafr Qaddum.

Anti-settlement activist Hasan Berejaih said that Israeli soldiers subdued the march organized on Friday afternoon in Masarah village and prevented the participants from reaching the segregation wall.

He added that the IOF detained some participating activists, including pro-Palestinian foreigners from France and Italy.

In Kafr Qaddum village, five children under age of seven suffered severe suffocation when some tear gas grenades fired by Israeli soldiers fell onto their homes.

The incident happened when the IOF showered the weekly march protesting settlement activities in the village with a hail of tear gas grenades.

Eyewitnesses said that the IOF deliberately fired tear gas grenades over the houses.

Several protestors also suffered injuries during the events in Kafr Qaddum village.