AL-KHALIL, (PIC)
A number of students suffered from teargas inhalation on Sunday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed a school complex in the town of Halhul, north of Al-Khalil, while firing teargas canisters.
Bassam Jaber, director of education in northern Al-Khalil, told the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, that IOF stormed the vicinity of the school complex in the center of Halhul and fired a large number of tear gas canisters at the schools while students were inside, causing many of them to suffer from suffocation. Some were evacuated by ambulance crews, while others were treated in the field.
He added that crews from the Education Office immediately went to the complex to ensure students’ safe evacuation.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the city of Bethlehem and stationed themselves in various neighborhoods and streets, with no raids or arrests reported, according to local sources.
The IOF soldiers also tightened their military measures at the Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley on Sunday.
Local sources explained that since the morning, the IOF has continued to tighten the security measures at the Hamra checkpoint, blocking the movement of those heading to the Jordan Valley, creating a traffic jam.
The Hamra checkpoint is located at a junction connecting the West Bank governorates to the Palestinian Jordan Valley.
