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Clashes erupt in al-Khalil Bethlehem

Tuesday 17-January-2023

Several Palestinians were injured as clashes erupted on Tuesday evening in Al-Khader town south of Bethlehem following Israeli military raid.

The confrontations broke out in al-Tal area of the Old City after being raided by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) amid heavy firing of teargas bombs.

Several people suffered from teargas inhalation during the clashes.

In al-Khalil similar clashes were reported in Halhul town after being stormed by IOF troops.

The Israeli forces also raided the family house of the Palestinian Authority security officer Hamdi Abu Dayya who was shot dead by Israeli gunfire earlier in the day.

On the other hand the IOF forced a Palestinian farmer to pay 7000 shekels to return his tractor which was confiscated several days ago in the northern Jordan Valley.

80 agricultural tractors vehicles and trucks belonging to Palestinian farmers were confiscated in the Jordan Valley over the past year.

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