Two Palestinians killed, others wounded during West Bank protests

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Two Palestinian young men were killed in Ramallah in the West Bank on Sunday by IOF troops trying to suppress demonstrations against the Israeli occupation massacres in the Gaza Strip. The first was killed in the village of Nilin to the west of Ramallah, tens others were wounded with live bullets or rubber coated bullets during confrontations between Palestinian protestors and IOF troops. Arafat Rateb al-Khawaja, 22, was hit with an IOF bullet during the second day of demonstrations in the village of Nilin to protest the Israeli occupation massacres in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Hamed Hamed, from the village of Silwad was killed by the IOF at the Ein Yabroud crossings. Tens of Palestinians were also wounded in confrontations between Palestinian demonstrators and IOF troops at the Qalandia roadblock near Ramallah. All towns and villages in the West Bank witnessed a strike and demonstrations against the massacres in the Gaza Strip.