More than 20 Palestinians were arrested during an Israeli police raid in Shu’fat refugee camp to the northeast of occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
Spokesman of Fatah movement in Shu’fat Thaer al-Fasfoos said that dozens of Israeli policemen tried to break into the camp but the Palestinian youths confronted them leading to the outbreak of clashes between the two sides.
Al-Fasfoos told Quds Press news agency that the Israeli policemen fired gas bombs close to the houses causing suffocation cases among the citizens that were treated at the scene.
He added that the Israeli police officers scrutinized the identity cards of the young men and passersby in the camp before they arrested about 20 citizens and took them to a nearby military checkpoint.
Meanwhile other clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation police in Hizma town to the northeast of Jerusalem during which the Israeli forces fired sound bombs and rubber bullets at the youths.
