Palestinians Clash with Israeli Forces near Jenin, Rubber-Coated Bullets, Stun Grenades Used against Protesters

Rasa - Israeli soldiers Thursday fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinians during clashes in the village of Zaboba to the West of Jenin, said local sources.

News ID: 427804

Date: 02 March 2017 - 23:17

RNA - The clashes broke out after an army unit raided the village in the predawn hours. and Israeli soldiers resorted to using tear gas to disperse the Palestinian protesters, WAFA reported.

Local sources said a number of Palestinians have suffered breathing problems from tear gas inhalation.

Soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward residents, causing several suffocation cases. No arrests were reported.

In a separate development, Israeli forces broke into and ransacked a printing shop in Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem on Wednesday night and confiscated some of its content, according to Palestinian security sources.

They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided Dozan printing shop and ransacked it and seized some of its equipment.

The incident came only one day after Israeli forces raided Ibn Khaldoun printing shop in Tulkarm, one of the big printers in the city in the north of the occupied West Bank, seizing equipment and destroying everything else.

The security sources also said Israeli forces raided as well the outskirts of Deheisheh camp and detained a number of young Palestinians

Soldiers also detained a 12-year-old Palestinian minor from Aida refugee camp, North of Bethlehem.

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