Five wounded in peaceful march on Road 443 near Ramallah

At least five Palestinian nonviolent protestors have been injured when Israeli troops attacked a peaceful protest opposing the Israeli military order to prevent Palestinians to drive on a road built on their lands.

Road 443, Palestinians are not allowed to use (Photo: WikiMedia)

The residents were deprived from using the road since seven years.

< p>Yousef Karaja, coordinator of the Popular resistance committee in Ramallah was wounded in the demonstration.

He stated that Israeli troops violently assaulted the protestors who came from the village of Kharabtha al-Misbah southwest of Ramallah.

Karaja identified the wounded as, Muntasser Al-Habal, Wajeeh Hilal, Adeeb Darraj and a young boy who was shot by a rubber coated metal bullet.

He added that the villagers will continue to struggle against what he described as a racist decision to prevent the Palestinians for the seventh year from driving on a road built on their property, and allow Israeli settlers only to use it.

Road 443, where the protest took place is one of many that the Israeli government decided few years ago to identify as "Jewish only" roads, preventing Palestinians from using them. One Israeli officer used the term "Sterilized Roads" as a description.