Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Sunday in renewed clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different areas of the occupied West Bank over the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that 60 university students were injured after the IOF soldiers heavily fired tear gas canisters inside Kadoori university in Tulkarem.
Local sources reported that many Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas in the clashes that flared up in al-Shuwaika suburb in Tulkarem.
Dozens of suffocation cases were also reported in confrontations in al-Fawwar refugee camp to the south of al-Khalil city during which the IOF soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian citizens.
A number of university students were injured after being attacked by the IOF with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters inside Palestine Technical University in al-Arroub refugee camp to the north of al-Khalil.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlement Rateb al-Jabour said that many Palestinian citizens suffered breathing difficulties after being attacked with tear gas canisters in the clashes that broke out at the southern entrance to At-Tuwani village to the east of Yatta town in al-Khalil province.
Meanwhile in Salfit clashes erupted in al-Sanama area to the north of the city in which the IOF soldiers fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and setting tires on fire.
Other clashes were witnessed in Madama and Qatanna towns in Nablus and Jerusalem respectively.
The Hebrew website “0404” said that an Israeli vehicle was partially damaged after being thrown with stones near Gush Etzion settlement bloc to the south of Bethlehem with no injuries reported.
Ten Palestinians have been killed and nearly 3431 others injured in the clashes protests and Israeli attacks witnessed in the occupied Palestinian territories following the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
