Palestinian protesters, Israeli army clash in West Bank

Protesters take to streets against US President Donal Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century'

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Clashes erupted on Friday between the Israeli army and Palestinians across the occupied West Bank protesting the so-called "Deal of the Century" proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Palestinian demonstrators in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank marched towards the Israeli army's checkpoints in the old city.

Similar clashes erupted in the Jordan Valley and the entrance of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, where dozens of Palestinians suffered temporary asphyxiation from teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces.

In the northern West Bank, the Israeli army used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse several demonstrations near the cities of Nablus and Qalqiliya.

The Israeli army used rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to break up the marches, with protesters pelting stones and torching rubber tires.

On Tuesday, Trump released his oft-delayed plan to end the Israel-Palestine dispute during a press conference at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but with no Palestinian officials present.

Trump’s plan unilaterally annuls previous UN resolutions on the Israel-Palestine dispute and recognizes illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Since then thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Palestine to protest the plan.

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