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JERUSALEM, April 2, 2013 (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday arrested nine Palestinians while suppressing a demonstration in Jerusalem condemning the death of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya.

The Israeli police attacked the demonstration, injured a number of protesters and arrested nine others. The protestors hurled stones towards the police, which fired tear gas canisters and used batons to disperse them in return.
The current atmosphere in Jerusalem is very intense with heavy police and military enforcements on standby as Palestinians continue to react to the death of Abu Hamdiah, who was diagnosed with cancer and didn’t receive the proper medical treatment.

Meanwhile in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, tens suffered from suffocation in clashes that erupted with Israeli forces over Abu Hamdiya’s death.

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