Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest in the northern West Bank in commemoration of “Land Day,” an annual event marking 1976 riots against a government decision to confiscate Arab Israeli land.
The Red Crescent ambulance service reports that 45 Palestinians are injured by rubber bullets during the protest.
An Israeli army spokesperson says she was investigating the claim.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the demonstrators threw rocks at the security forces on the scene.
Palestinian demonstrators run as Israeli security forces fire tear gas toward them following a protest to mark Land Day in the village of Madama, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, March 30, 2017. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
Elsewhere in the West Bank, dozens of Palestinians protesters march toward a segment of the security fence outside the Bethlehem-area town of Beit Jala.
They lit a tire on fire and hit the fence with a piece of metal, before Israeli police officers dispersed the crowd with tear gas.
–Judah Ari Gross
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