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<h1 class="article-title">Three More Martyrs as Nakba Continues</h1>
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International Solidarity Movement</span></span> <br>
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In commemoration of the 66th annual Nakba day, hundreds of Palestinian
youth from the Ramallah district moved against Israeli soldiers outside
of Ofer prison in Beitunya. Soldiers retaliated with tear gas, live
ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets. During the clashes,
soldiers killed two demonstrators, aged seventeen and twenty-two.
<p class="article"><i>16th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace
Service | Occupied Palestine</i><br>
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The first, who was shot in the chest, died in hospital, while the
second, who was shot in the abdomen, died in the ambulance. An
additional twenty four Palestinian protesters were shot with live
ammunition and rubber bullets during the confrontation, and two victims
are currently hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at Ramallah
Public Hospital. Over ten youth have also recieved medical attention
for excessive tear gas inhalation.<br>
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Nakba day is the annual commemoration of the eight hundred thousand
Palestinians who were forced out of their homes in Historic Palestine
during the War of 1948. "Nakba", which is the arabic word for
catastrophe, is also used to describe the situation of Palestinians at
the hands of the Israeli occupiers. At the heart of the catastrophe are
the five million Palestinians currently living as refugees, the largest
refugee population in the world.<br>
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Demonstrators chose Ofer prison as the site of their demonstration
today, because five hundred Palestinian political prisoners are
currently jailed there. Forty detainees in Ofer are currently on hunger
strike to protest the Israeli practice of administrative detention, or
imprisonment without formal charges.<br>
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In addition to the young men who were killed in Ofer, another
Palestinian from Jalazoon Camp was killed by Israelis today. Details
are unconfirmed. </p>
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