RAMALLAH, August 31, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces on Friday cracked down on a nonviolent protest near the village of Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent said Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters to disperse the protesters who were performing Friday prayers on a land outside the village, which Israeli occupation authorities are planning to confiscate.

Several cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation reportedly occurred among the protesters.

M.N