IOF Shoots Palestinian, Suffocates Others During Clashes in West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and injured a Palestinian civilian today near the town of Baqa Al-Sharqiya, north of Tulkarm.

Wafa news agency reported the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) as saying that the IOF shot the 58-year-old man in the knee with live bullets near the separation and apartheid wall on the Palestinian territories in the eastern town of Baqa, adding that he was transferred to Martyr Thabet Thabet Hospital afterwards.

On the other hand, the IOF fired tear gas at Palestinians after storming the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, causing dozens of civilians to suffocate.

Wafa added that, upon storming the town of Al-Khader, the IOF also fired sound and poisonous gas bombs at Palestinians, causing many to suffocate.

Source: Qatar News Agency