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Israeli forces injure Palestinian school children in West Bank raid

Monday, 02 October 2023 6:12 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 02 October 2023 6:12 PM ]

An Israeli soldier is seen while Palestinian students head to classes on the first day of school in al-Tuwani village on August 19, 2022. (File photo by AFP)

The Palestinian Ministry of Education has suspended classes in the village of Burqa due to the injury of a child in a raid by Israeli forces into a school.

Ghassan Daghlas, acting governor of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, said on Monday the decision to close the school was to maintain the safety of students.

Local media reported that Israeli forces also directly fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward the Palestinian students inside the school during the raid a day earlier. Dozens of children also suffered from smoke inhalation.

Israeli forces also denied teachers of 27 schools access to classes in Masafer Yatta area, located south of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron). The regime forces placed barriers to block the roads leading to the education centers.

In recent months, Israeli forces have also demolished a number of schools across the occupied Palestinian territories.