Agencies-Gaza post
Israeli settlers take down Palestine flag in Ramallah
According to local sources, armed Israeli settlers entered Nabi Saleh hamlet, northwest of Ramallah, on Thursday evening to remove Palestine flags.
A number of gun-toting settlers from the nearby encroaching colonial settlement of Halamish, also known as Neveh Tzuf, barged their way into the village from its southern part in an attempt to take down a Palestinian flag raised on a pole atop a hill, according to Bilal Tamimi, a local anti-colonial-settlement activist.
The villagers raced to the location in an attempt to repel the invaders, but were met by live fire from the settlers.
To protect the settlers, Israeli forces assaulted the community and opened fire on the residents, striking a young man below his left eye with a rubber-coated steel bullet.
The victim was airlifted to the hospital, where his condition was characterized as stable.
Vast sections of land belonging to Nabi Saleh and the adjoining town of Deir Nidham have been taken by Israeli occupation authorities for the construction of Halamish as well as the settler-only by-pass Road 465.
