Galilee riots: Thousands demonstrated and threw stones

Thousands of Israeli Arabs demonstrated today (Saturday) in Qana, in protest against the death of a villager, Hir Hamdan, 22. Young man was shot to death after threatening police with a knife. He died at Valley Hospital in Afula.

The demonstrations continued until Shabbos and young people threw stones and bottles at police at the scene. Three youths were arrested by the police.

The funeral was held this evening with the participation of thousands. Funeral was attended by senior officials of the Arab sector in Israel.

Representatives of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel called upon the participants to take part in the Arab sector strike tomorrow.

Northern District Police stress that the police investigation into the incident found that the Northern District Police Department will cooperate fully with the investigation into the incident.

It was reported that the District Commander Zohar Dvir, ordered to reinforce the police forces in Qana in the coming days "while communicating with the leadership in the Arab sector in order to prevent disturbances and rioting by young people and aim at returning normal life and regain a sense of security to civilians in the village and in the North."

Thousands of protesters waved Palestinian flags and anti-Israeli banners as "Zionists Get Out", "only crime was that he was an Arab," and more.

Among the participants in the demonstration were the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Raed Salah, Hadash MK Mohammed Baraka, and former MK Talab al-Sana.

The residents claimed that in the documentation it appears that the shooting incident took place just when Hamdan withdrew and turned his back on the police.

The two forest fires broke out in Umm al-Fahm. The first fire broke out in the Aqqad and reached four firefighters and aircraft used in extinguishing. The second forest fire in the area of Mei Ami, three fire teams. Tested suspected that arson protesting the killing of the young man.

MK Ahmed Tibi said that Qana police shot a young man name Hir Hamdan in cold blood without constituting a danger to them. Tibi argues: "the assassination-style street gangs and I call to stop the policeman who shot and charge him. They should have taken over him and stopped him without killing him in cold blood; it is doubtful whether such an event would have taken place with a Jew against Jew. "

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett responded: "We should back up the officer. Crazed terrorits attacked our officers with a knife, trying to kill them. A policeman shot him. This is what is expected of our security personnel. We can and should check out. Always. But this is not murder in cold blood "and certainly not abandons the security forces sent to protect us. If not we will give back look more and more Israelis killed using knives, fireworks and car overrides".

Meretz Chairman MK Zahava Gal-On, referred to the death of Hir Hamdan, and said: "You should investigate not only the killing of the young man in Qana at point blank range by the police, but also the responsibility of the Minister of Public Security said just this week, a terrorist harming civilians sentenced to death, as he gave sanction to murder and manifestly illegal order ". Gal added that "norms occupation and assassination of police seeping territories Jerusalem threaten Israel's Arab citizens."

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