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.