<?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[#WestBankUnderAttack | B&#8217;Tselem protests Israel&#8217;s use of live fire at West Bank&nbsp;protests]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strong>Note Occpal: Article 14 of the UN Basic Principles provides:</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#000000;">&#8220;In the dispersal of violent assemblies, law enforcement officials may use firearms only when less dangerous means are not practicable and only to the minimum extent necessary.&#8221;</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p><div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_113851" style="width: 355px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-113851" data-attachment-id="113851" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/westbankunderattack-btselem-protests-israels-use-of-live-fire-at-west-bank-protests/195937_345x2301/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/195937_345x2301.jpg" data-orig-size="345,232" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="195937_345x230[1]" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/195937_345x2301.jpg?w=345" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/195937_345x2301.jpg?w=345" class="size-full wp-image-113851" title="195937_345x230[1]" alt="" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/195937_345x2301.jpg?w=345&#038;h=232" height="232" width="345" /><p id="caption-attachment-113851" class="wp-caption-text">Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian stone-thrower at Huwwara<br />checkpoint near Nablus on Nov. 18. (Reuters/Abed Omar Qusini)</p></div>BETHLEHEM (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Israeli human rights group B&#8217;Tselem has written to Israeli army officials protesting the firing of live ammunition against protesters in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Two Palestinians were killed and dozens injured at protests in the West Bank against Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza.</p>
<p>B&#8217;Tselem executive director Jessica Montell demanded that it be made unequivocally clear to soldiers and commanders that there is an absolute prohibition on shooting live ammunition at stone throwers.</p>
<p>&#8220;B’Tselem also demanded that crowd control weapons like tear gas and rubber-coated bullets be utilized in accordance with open-fire regulations and in a manner that does not endanger human life,&#8221; the group said in a statement.</p>
<p>On Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot 31-year-old Rushdi Tamimi in Nabi Saleh. He died in a Ramallah hospital two days later. On Monday, Israeli forces shot dead Hamdi al-Falah, 22, in Hebron.</p>
<p>An investigation by B’Tselem found that al-Falah had pointed a laser pen at the soldiers, and that none of the stone throwers were armed.</p>
<p>Sixteen protesters were hit by live bullets, nine people were hit in the head by rubber-coated steel bullets and seven more were hit in the head by tear gas canisters in the West Bank during Israel&#8217;s 8-day war on Gaza, B&#8217;Tselem said.</p>
<p>A 14-year-old boy was declared clinically dead at al-Ahli hospital in Hebron after an Israeli border policeman fired a tear gas canister at his head, and a 20-year-old man from Bethlehem suffered a fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhaging.</p>
<p>&#8220;The serious injuries caused by direct hits from tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets are a direct result of existing practices among security forces, including the unlawful firing of these weapons, which B’Tselem has documented extensively in recent years,&#8221; the group said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Soldiers and border policemen shoot aluminum tear gas canisters directly at people, although military regulations forbid it.&#8221;</p>
<p>B&#8217;Tselem added: &#8220;In addition, security forces fire rubber bullets at shorter ranges than permitted in the regulations and in a manner that makes it impossible to avoid injuring sensitive parts of the body.<br />
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