A number of Palestinian citizens suffered from their exposure to tear gas on Saturday evening during violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Beit Ummar town in northern al-Khalil.
According to local sources the clashes started after the IOF closed the main entrance of Beit Ummar town with a road barrier and obstructed the movement of local residents as they were marching in a funeral procession and trying to go to the cemetery.
During the events many mourners suffered from inhaling tear gas as soldiers fired volleys of tear gas at them and the nearby cemetery.
Meanwhile the IOF kidnaped on the same day a Palestinian citizen during clashes with local youths in Nabi Saleh village in the northwest of Ramallah.
In a separate incident Israeli police forces attacked in the evening Palestinian citizens as they gathered in Bab al-Amud area in the Old City of Jerusalem to celebrate the Moroccan national team’s success in reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar after its victory over its Portuguese counterpart on Saturday.
Local sources said that a large number of police forces stormed Bab al-Amud square and nearby streets and embarked on assaulting the celebrating citizens and chasing them in the area.
