An estimated one thousand Palestinians, joined by Israeli and international activists, took to the streets on Friday, 25 February, to demand the opening of Shuhada Street, a former thoroughfare in the West Bank city of Hebron.  Israeli occupying forces fired foam-tipped bullets, tear gas, and sound grenades, injuring nine protestors.  Many demonstrators also suffered adverse effects of the tear gas.

For the past two days, the protests in the central square of Suleimaniyah, redubbed “Freedom Square,” have taken the form of public mourning. Last Saturday, 26 February, the protest resulted in two deaths and eleven wounded as security forces opened fire on the crowd shortly after a sound bomb apparently went off behind the stage.