NABLUS, Dozens of Palestinians suffocated today evening after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that broke out at the northern entrance to the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, according to a local activist.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian youth who managed to reopen Burqa’s entrances which were closed by the army earlier today. Dozens of people were treated at the scene from tear-gas suffocation.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency