64 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in one week

Israeli occupation forces injured 64 Palestinians in just one week, UN figures have revealed.

Most of the injuries during the period 24-30 March took place in the context of protests across the West Bank to mark ‘Land Day’.

In a “serious incident” next to Shua’fat checkpoint in Occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces “shot and injured with rubber bullets a 9-year-old girl while on her way back from school.”

Meanwhile, 20-year-old Ali Mahmoud Safi died of injuries sustained the previous week, when Israeli forces shot him with live ammunition during clashes at Al Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah.

The number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank during the reporting period (59) is more than double the weekly average in 2015 to date (26).

Five Palestinians were also injured in the Gaza Strip during protests in the Israeli-imposed ‘no go’ zone near the border fence.