Israeli forces attacked, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian students who were on their way to school in Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, injuring dozens, Quds News Network reported.

As dozens of children were walking to school, on the main Ramallah-Nablus road, occupation soldiers harassed the Palestinian students, fired tear gas canisters at them, causing at least 70 children to suffer the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation.

In addition, a soldier struck a female student with his rifle, injuring her in the shoulder, she was transferred to Yasser Arafat Hospital in Salfit for medical treatment, according to the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA).

70 school children suffocated on tear gas fired by the army near Nablus [Photo: QNN]

 

~ QNN, WAFA
Cover photo: QNN

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