GAZA (Dispatches) – Zionist troops shot dead three Palestinians and wounded 150 others on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds as the Zionist regime’s capital entered a second week.
Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of Palestinians gathered to hurl rocks at Zionist troops beyond the fortified fence. Medics said two protesters, one of them wheelchair-bound, were killed and 145 wounded.
In the occupied West Bank, another territory where Palestinians seek statehood along with adjacent East al-Quds, medics said one protester was killed and five wounded by the Zionist regime’s gunfire.
One was a man who the Zionist troopers said was shot after he allegedly stabbed and moderately wounded a member of their unit.
Meanwhile, the Zionist regime deployed troops to al-Quds in anticipation of more angry demonstrations following Muslim Friday prayers against an internationally-criticized U.S. declaration on the ancient city.
On Friday, the Zionist regime’s military dispatched reinforcements across al-Quds and its Old City, which hosts the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Earlier in the day, Tel Aviv’s forces raided the town of Halhul in the southern occupied West Bank, prompting heavy clashes with the Palestinian residents, Palestinian media reported.
Several Palestinians were injured as Zionist troops fired tear gas and sound bombs to disperse the protesters in Halhul, located north of al-Khalil.
Palestinians are angry at an announcement on December 6 by U.S President Donald Trump that Washington was recognizing al-Quds as the "capital” of the Zionist regime.
Since then, they have been holding protests against the U.S. and the occupying regime on a daily basis.
Most of the protests have been met with a fierce response by Zionist troops, who use tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the protesters. The troops have also made dozens of arrests amid clashes with Palestinians.
Last Friday, Muslims held pro-Palestinian rallies following noon prayers in several cities worldwide to voice their opposition to Trump’s move.
In the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Palestinians responded to a call by the Hamas resistance movement to observe a ‘day of rage’ against the Zionist regime and the U.S. Two Palestinians were killed and hundreds of others wounded during clashes with Zionist troops.