Two Palestinians killed at Nakba Day protest in West Bank

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Two Palestinians were killed by rubber bullets shot by Border Police at a Nakba protest outside the Ofer Military Prison near Ramallah, Palestinians reported Thursday.  The victims are Mohammad Abu Thaher and Nadeem Siam.

At least eleven others were injured. A minor was also wounded, but details of his injuries were not available.

Hospital officials said Muhammad Abu Thahr, 22, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, were both shot in the heart outside Israel’s Ofer Prison near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military declined comment, saying border police were involved in the incident. A police spokesman was not immediately available to comment.

Thousands of Palestinians marked Nakba Day on Thursday with rallies throughout the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem and Hebron.

There were clashes reported with Israeli forces in Ramallah and Hebron.

Nakba is the Palestinian term for the “catastrophe” they suffered upon Israel’s establishment on May 14, 1948, which led to the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinians, which today number 5 million refugees, as registered by UNRWA.

A 66-second siren marking 66 years since the Nakba sounded in Ramallah, where Palestinians marched from the tomb of Yasser Arafat to Al Manara Square in the city’s downtown district.


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