ELDERLY MAN DIES OF TEAR GAS INHALATION IN KUFR QADDOUM

West Bank, 1 Rabbiul Awwal 1435/2 January 2013 (MINA) – The Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Kufur Qaddoum village, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, has reported that an elderly man died of teargas inhalation after Israeli soldiers invaded the village.

The Committee said that (Hajj) Sa’id Jasser Ali, 85 years of age, suffered serious complications after Israeli soldiers fired dozens of gas homes at a number of homes in the village, and its neighborhoods.

Local sources said that dozens of Palestinians held a nonviolent procession marking the 49th anniversary of forming the Fateh movement, headed by president Mahmoud Abbas, Intenasional Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

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The sources added that as the Palestinians marched from the center of the village towards its main entrance, Israeli soldiers started firing gas bombs at them and at several homes.

One of the bombs entered a home, causing the family to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Ali, the elderly man, required hospitalization after inhaling gas fired by the soldiers, and was moved to a local hospital in a serious condition before he died late on Wednesday at night.

His burial ceremony will be held on Thursday around noon, while clashes with the army are very likely as the village is subject to ongoing Israeli invasions and assaults.

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The army frequently invades the village due to its continuous nonviolent protests against the illegal Israeli annexation wall, and its illegitimate Israeli settlement encircling the village, and denying the Palestinian the right to their own lands and orchards. (T/P012/E1).

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)