<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[One Demonstrator Hit Directly in the Head with a Tear Gas Projectile in Ni’ilin | Joseph&nbsp;Dana]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>Over one hundred people marched to the Separation wall in  Ni’ilin this afternoon. The army continued to break its own rules of  conduct by firing tear gas canisters directly at demonstrators. One  demonstrator was hit in the head with a tear gas projectile and others  suffered from tear gas inhalation.</strong></p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Injured Demonstrator in Ni&#8217;ilin. Picture Credit: Saaed Amireh</p>
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<p>The weekly demonstration against the separation wall in the village  of Ni’ilin began as normal this afternoon. Over one hundred Palestinians  with Israeli supporters marched from the village center after midday  prayers to the space of the separation wall. Under the banner of Muslim  and Christian unity among Palestinians, villagers chanted in front of  soldiers on the other side of the wall. Soldiers responded by using tear  gas projectiles as large bullets and firing them directly at  protesters. One demonstrator was hit directly in the head from a tear  gas canister. He was evacuated from the scene with minor wounds.</p>
<p>Soldiers attempted to enter the village from the extreme western  portion of the wall after approximately one hour. Usually soldiers use  the main gate in the separation wall itself but today they attempted to  sneak up on protesters in order to arrest them. However, clashes broke  out and soldiers were forced to retreat because of stones from local  youth.</p>
<p>The army escalated the violence against the demonstrators with the  use of rubber coated steel bullets and entered the village a second  time. Clashes lasted for hours as soldiers repellently fired tear gas  projectiles at demonstrators in clear violation of the army’s own code  of conduct. No major injuries were reported other than severe tear gas  inhalation among a group of demonstrators.</p>
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