NABLUS, Sunday, December 06, 2020 (WAFA) - A number of Palestinians were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, and others suffocated by tear gas during clashes that broke out with Israeli forces in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, according to a local official.
Head of Beita municipality Fuad Ma'ali said clashes erupted during an Israeli military raid into the town of Beita.
Forces used rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters against the town locals, shooting and injuring a number of them.
Several others were treated at the scene from tear-gas suffocation.
T.R.
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