Bil'in
29-6-2012

Injury  two citizens wounded  in addition to dozens of cases of asphyxiation by poison gas in the village of Bil'in west of Ramallah two civilians were injured, Ahmad Bornat 18-years was injured  in his leg by rubber bullet ,  abdallah yaseen 19 years was injured  in his  back by gas canister as dozens of citizens and peace activists from foreign countries suffered from suffocation caused by poison gas in the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in while participating in the march arranged by the People's Committee, the delegation from the United States and European Union,foreign group from different countries(they known as travel & knowledge program),  the people of Bil'in and Israeli and foreign peace activists in solidarity..  The march began after Friday prayers from the center of the village and took place at the land that was liberated. Participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans calling for national unity and calling for the occupation to be dissolved and a destruction of the apartheid wall and give a resounding Palestinian claim to release prisoners. Upon the arrival participants at Abu Lemon managed to break through the barbed wire, then the soldiers behind the concrete wall started shooting  rubber bullets, stun grenades, tear gas and waste water mixed with chemicals towards the participants, resulting the injury two civilians , Bornat  & yaseen in addition to dozens of citizens , Israeli and international peace activists who suffered  from suffocation and were treated in the field by ambulance crews. Then clashes erupted between the participants and soldiers of the occupation, during which stones were thrown at the soldiers who stood behind the wall. On the other hand, Deliberate action of tear gas canisters directed towards the dry lands and olive groves  led to huge fires in the field and neighboring areas

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