RAMALLAH, Palestine

Several Palestinians were injured by live fire and tear gas during clashes with Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to local reports.

Confrontations erupted in the towns of Kafr Qaddum east of Qalqilya, Beita south of Nablus, and Jabal Al-Tawil in Al-Bireh, where Israeli forces fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters, according to an Anadolu reporter.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed dealing with one live fire injury in Jabal Al-Tawil, with the victim transported to a hospital for treatment.

Clashes in the Jabal Al-Tawil area during an Israeli military raid, where live bullets and tear gas were used, witnesses reported.

In Kafr Qaddum and Beita, Israeli forces suppressed weekly protests opposing settlement expansion. Field medics reported treating several individuals for tear gas inhalation at the scene.

Also, in Tubas, northern West Bank, Israeli soldiers raided a home, further escalating tensions in the region.

In the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.

At least 835 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 6,700 injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The escalation follows a landmark opinion in July last year by the International Court of Justice that declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

* Writing by Mohammad Sio.