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| Several injured in Valley against anti-Israel protests | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR: More than a dozen people were hurt on Friday when police used teargas to disperse hundreds of angry Kashmiri Muslims protesting against Security forces stop demonstrators during a protest against attacks in Gaza.
The protesters took to the streets outside the main mosque in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, after Friday prayers, chanting "down with Israel."
They carried banners reading "stop genocide of Palestinians" and "US, Israel don't provoke Muslims to become terrorists like you."
As the protesters tried to march towards the city centre, police used batons and fired teargas to disperse them. Protesters retaliated by pelting the security forces with stones.
"More than a dozen people, including some policemen, have been injured so far," a police officer, Ishfaq Ahmed said.
The marchers set fire to US flags.
Earlier, hundreds of Muslims burnt Israeli flags and chanted anti-Israel and anti-US slogans as they staged a similar protest near Srinagar's main commercial district of Lal Chowk.
Carrying pro-Palestinian banners and portraits of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, they marched through the streets chanting, "death to Israel" and "death to US."
"Look how they are killing Muslims and no one seems to be bothered," said Akbar Ali, one of the protesters.
Kashmir is in the grip of a nearly two-decade old insurgency against Indian rule that has so far left more than 47,000 people dead by official count.
At least 420 Palestinians have died in a seven day blitz by Israel, while rockets fired from Gaza have claimed four Israeli lives.
Israel on Wednesday rejected a French proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire to help humanitarian efforts, and tanks and troops are now massed for a threatened ground offensive.
Hamas has called for a "day of wrath" on Friday in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, with "massive marches" after weekly Muslim prayers.
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