RAMALLAH,
Thursday, November 18, 2021 (WAFA) – For the third consecutive day, Israeli
forces Thursday morning assaulted Palestinian students on their way to school
in al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya
village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to WAFA
correspondent.
He
said that the soldiers deliberately obstructed the arrival of students to two
local schools, located on the main road connecting Ramallah city to Nablus
city.
The
soldiers, he added, fired tear gas canisters at the students and their families
who came to make sure that their children safely made it schools, causing a
number of them to suffocate as a result.
Meanwhile,
Israeli settlers, under military protection, deliberately obstruct schooling in
Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya
schools by attacking the students at the school gates, as confirmed by head of
the village municipal council, Ya‘coub Owais.
He
added that a number of the village residents took to the main street in the
morning hours to protest against settler violence. Confrontations ensued with
the soldiers and settlers.
Over
the past two days, Israeli soldiers attacked the girl students near the school
located on the main Ramallah-Nablus road, firing teargas in their direction and
causing a large number of suffocation cases estimated at over 70.
Attacks
on education by Israeli military forces and Israeli settlers in the Palestine
constitute grave violations of children’s rights to education and development.
These attacks are particularly prevalent in the most vulnerable areas of the
West Bank – Area C, H2 and Jerusalem.
Over
700,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only colonial settlements across occupied East
Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.
K.T./ K.F.