Photos by: Mustafa Bader, Oren Ziv, Ahmad Al-Bazz, Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org
Text by: Keren Manor
In the last four days, Israeli forces have killed ten Palestinians across the West Bank during protests in solidarity with Gaza. More than 600 have been wounded, and several remain in critical condition.
The biggest protest took place on Thursday night with at least 10,000 Palestinians marching from the Am’ari refugee camp near Ramallah to the Qalandiya checkpoint. Israeli soldiers and border police responded with both live ammunition and rubber bullets, killing one.
Live ammunition was also used to suppress protests in Husan, Qalandiya, Beit Ummar, Al Arroub Refugee Camp, Beit Fajjar, Huwwara and Jalama checkpoint, resulting in the deaths of seven Palestinians. One Palestinian was killed Wednesday in Husan from a tear gas canister that hit his head, and another on Friday by a settler who shot live ammunition from a moving car.
Family members and friends mourn next to the body of slain Palestinian Mohammed al-Araj during his funeral, at the Qalandiya refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 25, 2014. Al-Araj was shot in the head with live ammunition during a demonstration the previous night in Qalandiya. . (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
A Palestinian man carries Mohammad Qasem Hamamreh after he was hit in the head with a tear gas canister during the early morning hours of July 23, in clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Husan. Mohammad, 19 years old, died in the hospital the following day. (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)
Clashes erupted between Palestinians and the Israeli army during a demonstration in solidarity with the Gaza Strip at the Huwwara military checkpoint, Nablus, West Bank, July 24, 2014. Three Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrate in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, Nablus, July 24, 2014. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Palestinian youth burn an Israeli flag during clashes following a protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza at the Qalandyia checkpoint near Ramallah, July 24, 2014. Palestnians marched from Am’ari refugee camp to the Qalandyia checkpoint. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Palestinian youth throw stones during clashes following a protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza in the Qalandyia checkpoint near Ramallah, July 24, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Palestinian medics treat an injured youth during clashes following a protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza in the Qalandyia checkpoint near Ramallah, July 24, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
An injured Palestinian is evacuated in an ambulance during clashes with the Israeli army, following a demonstration against the attack on Gaza, Huwwara military checkpoint, Nablus, West Bank, July 25, 2014. A 22-year-old Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army with live ammunition and at least three others were wounded later that day. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Clashes erupt between hundreds of Palestinians and the Israeli army during a demonstration against the attack on Gaza, Huwwara military checkpoint, Nablus, West Bank, the early morning of July 25, 2014. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Khalid Azmi Odeh, 20, was killed by an Israeli settler in a moving vehicle in Huwwara. Two others were also wounded in the incident the shooting, Rafedia Hospital, Nablus, July 25, 2014. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Mourners carry the body of Mohammed al-Araj, 17, during his funeral at the Qalandiya refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 25, 2014. Al-Araj was shot in the head by live ammunition the previous night during clashes with Israeli army. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Family and friends of Mahmoud Hamamreh, 33, mourn during his funeral in the West Bank town of Husan, near Bethlehem, July 22, 2014. Mahmoud was shot in the chest with a live bullet during a protest against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)
A protester falls after being injured by a live bullet while participating in a protest of Hamas supporters against the Israeli attack on Gaza, July 25, 2014, DCO checkpoint near Ramallah, West Bank. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
A photographer holds his arm after being hit by a live bullet while covering Palestinian clashes with the Israeli army, following a protest of Hamas supporters against the Israeli attack on Gaza, DCO checkpoint, West Bank. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Clashes erupt between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers following the killing of Mahmoud Hamamreh, July 22, 2014. (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)
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