Several Suffocate from Israeli Army Teargas at Southern West Bank Checkpoint.

Hebron: Several Palestinians Saturday evening suffocated from Israeli army teargas at the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint in occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that Israeli occupation forces fired barrages of teargas canisters and concussion bombs towards Palestinians stuck at the military checkpoint at the western entrance of the city at the Farsh al-Hawa area, causing several to suffocate from excessive teargas inhalation. All of the suffocation casualties received treatment at the scene. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the occupation forces set up checkpoints at the northern entrance of Hebron City as well as at the entrances of the towns of Sair, Yatta, Dora and Halhul and the al-Fawwar and al-Arroub refugee camps. They were inspecting Palestinian-registered vehicles and checking passengers' ID cards, subjecting them to prolonged delays. The occupation forces also erected a checkpoint at the main entrance of Aqbat al-Hasna that links the clust er of villages in the western rural Bethlehem governorate to Bethlehem city. They were stopping Palestinian-licensed vehicles, checking passengers' ID cards, and forcing them to endure lengthy delays at checkpoints and travel longer distances in order to reach their destinations. Israel severely restricts Palestinians' freedom of movement through a complex combination of over 100 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, settler-only roads, and various other physical obstructions. Closures, besides other measures taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel's 57-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project, which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.