APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus - 23 July 2021. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces in the town of Beita near the West Bank city of Nablus after a protest against the Israeli outpost of Eviatar.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Nablus - 23 July 2021. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces in the town of Beita near the West Bank city of Nablus after a protest against the Israeli outpost of Eviatar. STORYLINE: Four Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition was shot with a sponge bullet during clashes that broke out with Israeli forces in the town of Beita to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, said Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent's (PRC) Emergency Department in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril. He told that forces attacked Palestinians with live bullets and tear gas canisters, shooting and injuring four people in their lower extremities, including one seriously. Dozens of others were treated at the scene from tear-gas suffocation. Residents from Beita and other nearby villages have been protesting, day and night, the establishment of the settlement on their lands since the first day the settlers had stormed Jabal Sabih two months ago. So far, five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army gunfire during these protests, four of them from Beita and one from Yatma. The establishment of settlements on the West Bank violates international humanitarian law, which establishes the principles applying during war and occupation. Moreover, the settlements lead to the infringement of international human rights law, said the Israeli information center for human rights in occupied territories, B’Tselem. The establishment of the settlements leads to the violation of the rights of the Palestinians as enshrined in international human rights law. Among other violations, the settlements infringe the right to self-determination, equality, property, an adequate standard of living, and freedom of movement, said B’Tselem. Israeli settlers left the Eviatar illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on July 2 in adherence to an agreement struck with the new government. Under the terms of the deal published by the government, the settlers had to leave but their structures can remain and will be guarded by Israel's military. The defence ministry said it will study the area to assess whether it can, under Israeli law, be declared state land. Footage by APAwire
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