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Ma’an News Agency - 14 May 2013
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Several Palestinians were injured by tear gas on Tuesday during a rally marking Nakba Day, which kicked off from Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp.
A Ma’an reporter said about 300 Palestinians marched on the main road in Duheisha camp headed towards displaced Palestinian villages south of Bethlehem.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets, popular committee official Monther Ameera said.
As the rally arrived in the old town of al-Khader and headed to the bypass Israeli road, Rt. 60, Israeli soldiers attacked the rally with tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets.
Israeli troops also detained the coordinator of a popular committee against settlements Mazin al-Azzah.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said 150 Palestinians were hurling rocks, and soldiers responded with riot-dispersal means.
She denied reports of an arrest.
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