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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in

Incident took place in small village on day pupils were due back in class for first time in more than 40 daysIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to their school.The Israeli military said it had dispersed an “unusual gathering”, but did not specify whether its troops had fired teargas at the children on the first day of class since the start of the Iran war. Israeli forces fired tear gas towards a group of children trying to walk to school in the occupied West Bank.
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  • Incident took place in small village on day pupils were due back in class for first time in more than 40 daysIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to th... S1
  • Israeli forces fired tear gas towards a group of children trying to walk to school in the occupied West Bank. S2
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