Several students, including children, suffocated today from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers in the occupied part of the city of Hebron in the south of the West Bank, according to local sources.

The soldiers fired tear gas canisters at students as they were leaving their schools in the southern parts of Hebron causing the suffocation cases, all treated at the location.

Gas filled the air in the neighborhood as children panicked and did not know where to go to avoid breathing the toxic gas.

Residents helped the children get away from the areas filled with gas, said the sources.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency