A number of citizens suffered from suffocation, Thursday evening, due to inhaling toxic gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces after storming the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

According to local sources, an occupation army force was stationed along the main street leading to the gate area, in addition to the vicinity of the town's Grand Mosque, where it fired tear gas and sound bombs intensively, which led to a number of citizens suffering from suffocation. The injured received treatment in the field.