Zionist Troops Fire Tear Gas at Palestinians Watching Football Match

Date: 27 August 2016 - 21:49

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Dozens of Palestinian football players and soccer fans have suffered tear gas inhalation after Zionist troops raided a stadium northeast of al-Quds.
Palestinian sources said some 1,200 people were watching a match between two clubs, when Zionist troops stormed the Faisal al-Husseini stadium in the town of al-Ram.
The Zionist troops fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd, leaving dozen of people in need of medical attention. The motive behind the Zionist attack was not immediately clear.
Separately, five young Palestinian men were shot and injured in the town of Silwad northeast of Ramallah after clashes erupted at the funeral of the 38-year-old Iyad Zakariya Hamed.
The Zionist regime’s military said they shot dead the man at the entrance to Silwad after they suspected him of running towards an army post.
Israeli media outlets initially said the slain Palestinian had opened fire from inside a car, and that a woman might have accompanied him.
They further alleged that the man was shot and critically injured inside his vehicle, and later succumbed to his gunshot wounds.
It was later revealed that the Palestinian man, who is survived by three children, was unarmed.
Meanwhile, three Palestinian youths suffered injuries from live fire during skirmishes with Zionist troops in the eastern Shuja'iyya neighborhood of the Gaza City.
Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the trio sustained moderate gunshot wounds, and were transferred to hospital.
Zionist troops also clashed with Palestinian youths in the Ras al-Ein village in northern parts of the occupied territories, the Baita village near Nablus as well as Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah late on Friday, with no immediate word on casualties.
The occupied territories have witnessed a fresh bout of tensions ever since Zionist troops restricted the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds in August 2015.
At least 236 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Zionist troops in the tensions since the beginning of last October.