Dozens suffered asphyxia and dozens of olive trees were burned in Bil'in today.

Today, dozens of demonstrators suffered asphyxia during the weekly march organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil'in. Those participating included dozens of Palestinians dozens of international activists, and Israeli peace activists.
The march began after Friday prayers from the center of the village and headed to the land that was restored and the private Abu Lemon nature reserve. Participants raised Palestinian flags and chanted national slogans calling for the end of the occupation and destruction of the apartheid wall along with the constant principles of Palestine.
Upon the arrival of the demonstrators to the Abu Lemon preserve, they walked along the concrete wall and addressed the settlers through loudspeakers to leave the settlement and leave the Palestinian territories to Palestinians. During this, the occupation forces who were stationed behind the concrete wall fired tear gas at the participants. This led to the asphyxiation of dozens of participants. It also set fire to the olive groves, burning dozens of ancient olive trees. Palestinian civil defense crews were called to extinguish the fire but the fire gutted dozens of acres of cultivated olives before it could be controlled and extinguished.