Several Palestinians today suffocated by tear gas as Israeli forces violently suppressed the peaceful anti-settlement weekly march in the town of Beit Dejan to the east of Nablus, said local sources. Forces attacked the march with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades, causing at least five people to suffocate from tear gas inhalation, said sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent. They were all treated at the scene. Heading calls by the people’s committee for the defense of land in Beit Dejan, the Commission against the Wall and settlement, and the Factional Coordination Committee in Nablus, Participants in the rally also rallied in condemnation of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and in support of Palestinians there. Palestinians there have been protesting against the theft of Palestinian land for the benefit of settlement expansion.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA