Monday, July 7, 2008

Ni'lin under seige for fourth consecutive day

zionist occupation forces opened fire on a curfew-defying march in the central West Bank town of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, after the noon prayer on Monday, injuring dozens of demonstrators.


The mayor of the village, Ayman Nafi', said that resident Jamil Srurwas shot in the stomach, and two others, Mutee' 'Amira and a child named Abdul Karim Srur, were shot in the legs. The other wounded marchers could not be identified.


The zionist occupation forces blocked ambulances from taking the wounded to Ramallah. The zionists has laid siege to the village for four days in an attempt to stifle protest against the construction of the illegal racist separation wall.


For his part, Muhammad Srur a member of the Ni'lin committee to resist the wall said that clashes between the zionist military and residents of the village were renewed on Monday evening.


Residents have been trapped in their homes for four days, unable to go to work. zionist Soldiers are using stun grenades near civilian houses, in order "to scare children and to provoke the residents," as one villager put it.


From Ma'an

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