Dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) when the latter quelled anti-settlement protests in al-Khalil City.
The PIC reporter said that violent confrontations flared up in Bab al-Zawiya area in al-Khalil when IOF soldiers attacked Palestinians protesting an Israeli plan to establish a new settler neighborhood in the area.
Shops and schools were closed in al-Khalil as part of a mass strike protesting the new settlement move.
