Several Palestinians suffocated in an Israeli army raid in Beit Ummar town, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Wafa reports according to a local activist.

The activist told Wafa that the occupying forces barged their way into and set up a checkpoint at the Saffa Circle area in the town, stopping Palestinian-registered vehicles, smashing the windows of some of them, and abusing passengers.

He added that the heavily armed soldiers fired barrages of tear gas canisters toward civilians’ houses, causing several civilians to suffocate from excessive tear gas inhalation.

All of the suffocation cases were treated at the scene.