US EditionIsraeli Troops Fire Tear Gas at Schoolchildren in West Bank
AFP footage showed children fleeing after troops used riot-dispersal means when settlers blocked access to the school, while the military said no injuries were reported.
- On Monday, Israeli settlers blocked the 3-kilometer path to school in Umm al-Khair with barbed wire, forcing Palestinian siblings Hajar and Rashid Hathaleen to confront the barricade while attempting to attend class.
- Village council head Khalil Hathaleen said settlers are exploiting the regional war to seize land, asserting that "it was a good chance for settlers to do what they want, with no rules."
- On Monday, armed men in an unmarked truck, including soldiers, fired tear gas at the children. Israel's military said troops used "riot dispersal means" outside Carmel, claiming measures were directed at adults, not students.
- Students struggled to reach school Tuesday, leaving classrooms half-empty. Classes were canceled Wednesday due to Palestinian Authority salary cuts, but children will attempt their regular route Thursday, according to Hathaleen.
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Israeli settlers block Palestinian kids' path to school with tear gas and barbed wire
Palestinian schoolchildren trying to return to class this week for the first time since the Iran war started were blocked by an impromptu barbed wire fence erected overnight by Israeli settlers.
Umm Al Khair., Israeli troops threw tear gas at Palestinian children in a reoccupied West Bank school, parallel to further attacks in the Gaza Strip that left at least three dead in Deir al-Balah despite the ceasefire.
Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinian schoolchildren in a village near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank who had decided to hold a sit-in protest against the closure of access to a school building blocked by Israeli settlers in the area.
The Israeli soldiers launched tear gas against Palestinian children on the first day of return to the lessons in attendance, preventing dozens of students from ...
Israeli soldiers used tear gas on Monday to disperse Palestinian schoolchildren participating in a sit-in in the occupied West Bank, after settlers barred them from their schools, a journalist from AFPTV observed.
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