A number of Palestinians including officials who defied an Israeli army order to close al-Sawiyeh/al-Lubban School in the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus were injured on Monday when Israeli soldiers attacked protesters.
Local sources said the head of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyeh village council Samer Owais was injured after Israeli soldiers hit the locals with bullet fire and teargas. Many others choked on teargas.
Photojournalist Jaafar Eshtiyeh working for France Press was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his head.
Dozens of schoolchildren were prevented from joining their classes.
Israeli soldiers closed off the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired teargas canisters at the students their parents as well as the teaching staff causing several injuries and suffocation cases. They also closed the school gates locking the students and people inside.
The Israeli occupation authorities decided on Sunday to shut down the school until further notice under the pretext that students threw stones at Israeli soldiers.
