Palestinians suffocate by Israeli tear gas in Bethlehem

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, March 31 (YPA) – A number of Palestinian citizens were suffocated by tear gas on Wednesday evening during clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

The occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and sound  bombs at the citizens, causing causes suffocation to a number of citizens, the Palestine Today News Agency  quoted local sources as saying.

The sources indicated that clashes between citizens and the occupying forces were concentrated in the western area of the town, near to the Apartheid Wall.

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