Israeli Forces Raid Beit Ummar, Dozens Suffer from Tear Gas Inhalation

Beit ummar: Dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation during an Israeli military raid in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Israeli forces stormed the town's Al-Bayyada neighborhood, forcing shop owners to close their businesses and barring the movement of vehicles. Several young men were detained and interrogated at the scene. The soldiers also fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters, causing dozens of residents to suffer from suffocation due to gas inhalation. In a related development, Israeli colonists continued their assaults on local farmers, forcing them off their lands in the Wadi al-Sheikh area near the town. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers detained a number of farmers, interrogated them, and threatened them with detention if they returned to their land.