Israeli army attacks students with teargas in Hebron, Bethlehem
Dozens of Palestinian students suffocated from
teargas on Sunday after Israeli forces attacked them by gas canisters in three
separate incidents in Hebron and Bethlehem districts in the West Bank,
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
In Bethlehem, dozens of students suffocated when
Israeli soldiers fired gas canisters at them while taking part in rallies
commemorating the 14th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat, in the villages of Taqu and Dar Salah.
Sabri Jibril, a local activist, told WAFA that
Israeli soldiers intensively fired gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets towards
the students in the vicinity of the Taqu’ school, causing cases of suffocation
from gas inhalation.
Meanwhile, dozens of students suffered from
suffocation after Israeli forces raided the Tariq Ben Ziyad School in Hebron,
as the students were marking the anniversary of Arafat’s death.
Ali Refa’eyya, the school’s principal, said that the
soldiers raided the school during the commemoration and fired stun grenades and
toxic gas canisters towards the students, causing many cases of suffocation
among them.
