NABLUS, January 3, 2025 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians suffocated on Friday from tear gas inhalation, as Israeli forces dispersed an anti-colonial protest in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, according to local sources.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at the weekly protest in Beita, causing multiple cases of suffocation among the participants. They were all treated at the scene.
Israeli forces also targeted ambulance vehicles near Jabal Sabih, where they assaulted medical staff from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Beita Emergency Medical Services, confiscating the key to one of the ambulances.
Beita has been subjected to frequent attacks by Israeli forces and colonists since the establishment of the illegal "Evitar" outpost on Palestinian land atop Jabal Sabih.
On September 6, 2023, Israeli forces killed Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, during a weekly protest against colonial expansion. Since the establishment of the outpost in May 2021, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Beita has reached 18.
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