BETHLEHEM, February 12, 2017 (WAFA) – A number of Palestinians Sunday suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes that broke out in the town of Taqou’ to the east of Bethlehem, according to a local official.
Head of Taqou’ village council, Tayseer Abu Mefreh told WAFA clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and the town’s locals at the northern entrance of the town.
Soldiers used rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades against locals, causing several suffocation cases among them. They were all treated at the scene.
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