Injuries, suffocation cases during Israeli raid in Nablus

Dozens of Palestinians suffered from suffocation while others were shot by Israeli gunfire during an Israeli military raid into the eastern area of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian youth with a serious injury in the abdomen and another injured in the thigh were transferred to the Rafidia Governmental hospital. The Red Crescent in Nablus also reported dozens of suffocation cases, whereas a number of Palestinian suffocated after inhaling toxic gas fired at them by the soldiers. Additionally, a man and his wife were transferred to the Rafidia Hospital after the Israeli forces opened fire at their vehicle. Ambulance crews treated a shrapnel wound to the eye. Palestinian youths closed the streets surrounding Joseph’s Tomb with burning rubber tires to repel the army and settlers’ incursions to the site. The occupation forces, backed by dozens of military vehicles, including two bulldozers, stormed the eastern region of the city through the Beit Furik checkpoint, while forces also stormed the city from the Al-Tur area as the vehicles stormed the western region through the Sarra checkpoint. The occupation forces deployed in Amman Street and the streets surrounding Joseph’s tomb as snipers climbed the rooftops of a number of high buildings.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA