A number of Palestinians suffocated tonight after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that broke out in the village of Husan to the west of Bethlehem, according to local sources.
Sources told WAFA correspondent that clashes broke out at the eastern entrance to the village, during which forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward the village residents, causing a number of people to suffocate.
They were all treated at the scene.
Palestinians across the West Bank rallied today to condemn the Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners and the killing of prisoner Naser Abu Hmaid in Israeli jails after years of battling with cancer as a result of the continued policy of medical negligence in Israeli jails.
SOURCE: PALESTINE NEWS & INFO AGENCY