Palestinian dies after inhaling tear gas during Israeli raid near Jerusalem

A Palestinian man died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces on Monday, in the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem, while three more residents were injured, according to local sources.

57-year-old Fahmi Hamad reportedly died after being taken to hospital, due to asphyxiation by tear gas during an Israeli raid in the refugee camp. “Fahmi was at the camp’s medical center, looking for his diabetes medicine”, his brother, Mohammad Hamad, told The New Arab.

57-year-old Palestinian man Fahmi Hamad lost his life hours after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces during the storming of Qalandia camp in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/Po5kPvuwv9

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“Israeli forces were firing large quantities of tear gas and Fahmi began to choke while in the medical center”, Hamad explained. “His condition was so bad that he was taken to the Ramallah hospital.”

According to Hamad, his brother was given oxygen and sent home a few hours later. “He remained very weak, and continued coughing”, he pointed out. “When the sun set down his condition became worse. He passed away early in the night.”

Video| A while ago.. "The funeral of the martyr Fahmi Abdel Raouf Hamad (57 years) in Qalandia camp in occupied Jerusalem." pic.twitter.com/CL0D2dQuJa

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Israeli forces had began to raid the Qalandia refugee camp around midday. Israeli media reported that “a security operation” was under way in the area.

“Israeli forces entered the camp with hundreds of soldiers, firing a cloud of tear gas”, Karim Abu Latifeh, a member of the emergency committee in Qalandia refugee camp, told The New Arab.

Watch: Videos shows the ongoing clashes after Israeli forces raided and blocked the main road at Qalandia's main route between Jerusalem & Ramallah.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/9N4TR2oQdH

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“There was so much tear gas that both boys and girls' middle schools had to suspend classes and send students home,” said Abu Latifeh.

“The youth in the camp clashed with Israeli forces, throwing stones at them,” he added, “Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and wounded three youths; one in the leg, one in the chest, who thankfully survived, and the third in the face and his case is critical.”

Israeli media reported that one Israeli soldier had been injured by a stone. Sources from the Qalandia camp said that Israeli forces had detained one Palestinian and confiscated three cars.

Wild & brutal violence.
I just got this video from Qalandia, where an Israeli force is conducting a raid and blocking the main road at Qalandia's main route between Jerusalem & Ramallah.
You can imagine how busy it is right now, mid work day, and how it interrupts all our lives. pic.twitter.com/L9Im1SJdRk

— Jalal (@JalalAK_jojo) January 24, 2022

Tensions rose across the West Bank on Monday, as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian cars and houses in the town of Hawarah, south of Nablus. Local sources said three Palestinians were injured, including a 17-year-old who was reportedly hospitalised.