Several Palestinian patients and residents suffocated today by tear gas fired by Israeli forces toward the complex of Dura Hospital, in Heborn, said an official.

the General-Director of the hospital, Mohammed Rabe’, said Israeli military soldiers stormed the vicinity of the Dura hospital and fired live bullets and tear gas canisters directly toward it, causing patients and residents to suffocate.

Confrontations reportedly broke out in the area, during which forces used live fire against Palestinians, however, no injuries were reported.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA