Beit kahil: Dozens of Palestinians from the town of Beit Kahil, northwest of Hebron in the West Bank, suffered suffocation and wounds on Monday after Israeli occupation forces fired several tear gas canisters into a tent designated for receiving released prisoners.

According to Qatar News Agency, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, quoted local sources as saying that children and the elderly lost their ability to breathe and lost consciousness as a result of inhaling the gas.

The sources reported that two of the injured were taken to the hospital due to severe suffocation and wounds despite receiving first aid, while the others received the necessary medical care at Al Amal Medical Center in the town.