5 Palestinians inured, 3 arrested by Israeli occupation forces in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM: This evening, five Palestinian citizens were injured by live bullets, and three others were arrested, during confrontations that broke out with the Israeli occupation forces this evening in the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, according to medical sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem reported that five people were injured in their lower part of the body, adding they were transferred to a hospital in Bethlehem for medical treatment. The Red Crescent reported that a number of other citizens suffered from suffocation as a result of inhaling toxic tear gas fired by the occupation forces, and they were treated on the field. Meanwhile, the occupation forces arrested Ahmed al-Jaafari, 32, Khaled al-Jaafari 32, and Karim al-Atrash, 60, after raiding and searching their homes. The occupation forces, accompanied by special units, stormed the camp, amid the outbreak of confrontations, with Israeli soldiers deployed in the al-Jaafra neighborhood on Jerusalem-Hebron main road , a local source told WAFA correspondent. The source added that confrontations broke out in the neighborhood, while the occupation forces raided and searched the homes of arrested persons. The occupation forces also stormed the town of Doha, west of the city, according to the source. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA