At least 23 Palestinians were injured and dozens of others suffered tear gas inhalation as the “Israeli” security forces forcibly dispersed several anti-settlement rallies across the occupied West Bank on Friday.

Ahmed Jebril, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s emergency director in the Nablus city, northern West Bank, said 11 Palestinians were injured by “Israeli” rubber bullets in clashes on the Mt. Sbeih, near Beita village, south of Nablus city. He added that four people were injured as they fell during the clashes.

He added medical teams also treated seven people hit with “Israeli” rubber bullets in Beit Dajan village, east of Nablus city.

In the village of Beita, a video showed an “Israeli” drone firing tear gas canisters.

The “Israeli” Broadcasting Corporation network said the drone fell down due to a technical failure.

In the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, the coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committees in the village, Murad Eshteiwi, told Anadolu Agency that the “Israeli” army fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters after the weekly Friday prayers to disperse an anti-settlement rally in the village.

He added that one Palestinian child was hit in his leg with a rubber-coated bullet.

Meanwhile, in the southern occupied West Bank, clashes erupted between Palestinians and the “Israeli” army following the Friday prayer in the Bab al-Zawiya area, central Hebron city, where dozens were treated for suffocation caused by “Israeli” tear gas canisters.

Every Friday, Palestinians organize marches against settlements and the separation wall in a number of villages and towns in the West Bank.

“Israeli” and Palestinian estimates indicate that there are about 650,000 settlers in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, who live in 164 settlements and 116 outposts./agencies