Previously banned 'tutu' bullets return to Nil'in

Ma'an
Israeli forces have renewed using live fire against Palestinian protesters in the West Bank.

An Israeli court first outlawed the "tutu" ammunition in 2001, but the last two Fridays soldiers have used the "tutu" bullets in Bil'in and Ni'lin, two villages near Ramallah, during their weekly anti-wall rallies.

Israeli TV broadcast on Saturday the controversial weapon being used against Palestinians the day before. Israeli rights organizations insist the weapon is a deadly weapon, as it has killed Palestinians in the past.

...In Nil'in on Friday, Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians with the weapon.

One was hospitalized after being shot in the knee, but later released...

A second was more seriously injured after soldiers shot him between the legs. He was undergoing surgery in Ramallah due to the seriousness of the injury, but was stable on Friday...

Around 200 people participated in the protest on Friday, including a delegation of Scandinavian students.

..."The re-introduction of snipers confirms the rumors," the statement added, referring to information the Popular Committee received last week that Israeli forces were planning to crack down on the demonstrations.

...One of the Palestinians who was shot on Friday is the brother of Mohammad Attallah, a 19-year-old Palestinians who was ordered to turn himself in to Israeli forces in October over his involvement in the demonstrations.

Activists also released a video of the young Palestinian in what they termed was his "message to the world." Full story