WEST BANK (Middle East Eye) – Several Palestinians were injured on Monday morning after Zionist settlers attacked the Palestinian village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Tens of settlers and soldiers had stormed the village and prevented students from reaching their school, Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
Almost 3,000 Palestinians live in Lubban Sharqiya, which sits on Road 60 that connects several Palestinian towns and villages to the city of Nablus in the north.
The illegal settlements of Neve Shir, Neot Khen, and Neve Shoham were built on the lands of Lubban Sharqiya and lie to the east of it.
Wafa reported that several Palestinians suffered suffocation from inhaling tear gas fired by Zionist troops who had arrested Baraa Mohanad Eweis, 25, from the village on Sunday evening.
A Facebook page dedicated to news about Lubban Sharqiya said that the face-off with the troops and settlers had lasted for around an hour, disrupting the school day and leading to heavy traffic on the main road.
Palestinian families in Lubban Sharqiya send their children to a school near Road 60 and have been vulnerable to attacks from settlers and Zionist troops for several years.
The Facebook page said settlers routinely stop students in the village from reaching their school, leading to clashes in the area in which Zionist troops shoot rubber-coated bullets and tear gas at Palestinians.
Last November, almost 70 Palestinian students, and teachers suffered suffocation from tear gas when Zionist troops stormed the village.
The troops carry out night-time raids on a near-daily basis in the occupied territories.
Some of these raids are part of a policy of “intelligence mapping,” whereby Zionist troops storm Palestinian houses to inspect them and record the names and faces of the residents.
These raids are video recorded, and Palestinians are photographed as part of the regime’s mass surveillance program.