Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have held a funeral ceremony for a woman who passed away after inhaling teargas fired by Israeli troops in a refugee camp, Press TV reports.
According to the Palestinian officials, Noha Qatamesh died in a hospital in the town of Bethlehem on Monday.
Medical sources said that the victim’s respiratory system failed after Israeli forces fired teargas into and around her home at the Aida refugee camp.
During the ceremony, residents of the camp expressed their anger at Israel’s recent assaults by chanting slogans and calling on the Palestinian Authority to cease the so-called peace talks with the Israeli regime.
Local sources said that Israeli forces have carried out several attacks on the camp over the past few days, and fired teargas into homes and streets.
Meanwhile, Munther Amira, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committee, described Qatamesh as “the latest victim of the Israeli violence,” adding that the Tel Aviv regime has used numerous weapons against Palestinians, including teargas canisters, sound bombs and live ammunitions.
Israeli troops also shot and critically injured a 20-year-old man as they stormed the camp on Sunday.
The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967. There are hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, which have made life difficult for the Palestinians.
Earlier this month, Palestinian Authority Minister of Social Affairs Kamal al-Sharafi said Israeli forces have killed 1,520 Palestinian children and wounded 6,000 more over the past fourteen years.
On March 22, Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in a nighttime attack in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.
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