BETHLEHEM, March 15, 2016 (WAFA) – Several Palestinian students suffocated by teargas on Tuesday, while a teacher was injured by a teargas canister, when Israeli troops fired teargas canisters towards a school in the village of Hosan, to the west of Bethlehem, according to local sources.

Head of Hosan village council, Hasan Hamamreh, told WAFA that Israeli troops cordoned off as-Seddiq school in the village, and fired teargas canisters towards the school.

A teacher, identified as Mohammad Zaoul, was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his shoulder. He was transferred to nearby Beit Jala public hospital for medical treatment.

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