Israeli forces fired 29 rounds of tear gas and 5 stun grenades at school children --- 23/09/2014 Today on the school run at Salaymeh checkpoint #Hebron Israeli forces fired 29 rounds of tear gas and 5 stun grenades at children going to school. This morning started off peaceful children passed through the checkpoint but the word on the street was that two Palestinians had been murdered by the Israeli army. Israeli forces had a clear presance at the checkpoint from the start. A few small stones were thrown by a small number of young boys, but landed no where near the checkpoint. Three Israeli Border police swapped their soft hats for helmets and proceeded to fire the first round of tear gas at the children, 29 tear gas cannisters were fired and 5 stun grenades in total this was extremely excessive and unnecessary as the Israeli border police were clearly in no danger. The amount of tear gas fired resulted in two ambulances arriving at the school. A Palestinian teacher stated that 30 school children and 15 teachers suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation. It is also worth noting that a shop also had to shut due to tear gas entering the premises.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:34:27 +0000