Israeli forces fire tear gas in raid on Nablus
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says that 15 people suffered from suffocation after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters in the Old City of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
The gas is a chemical irritant that can cause symptoms including respiratory distress and is used in Palestinian refugee camps at a rate that is likely higher than “anywhere else on the globe”, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Israeli forces arrest Palestinians in West Bank raids
Israeli soldiers have arrested Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank as Israeli settlers attack a village in Qalqilya, Wafa reports.
Here’s what we know:
- Israeli forces, accompanied by a bulldozer and a drone, raided Muthalath al-Shuhada village in Jenin and arrested four young men.
- They arrested three young men from Jenin’s Qabatiya town and one from Faqqua. They also forced families to flee their homes in Faqqua so they could be used as military barracks.
- In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians.
- Israeli forces raided the village of Ras Atiya in Qalqilya, where they arrested a Palestinian man before taking him to an unknown location.
- Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle and wrote racist graffiti on walls in the village of Amatin in Qalqilya.
Israeli forces make arrest in occupied West Bank’s Hebron
A Palestinian man has been arrested during an Israeli raid in Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.
Israeli soldiers have also carried out raids in Beitunia, the Jalazone refugee camp and Kobar in the Ramallah and el-Bireh district.
Palestinian man beaten after Israeli troops find Gaza photo on his phone
“It was a picture of children in Gaza.” This Palestinian man was beaten up by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank for having a picture from Gaza on his phone.
