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Israeli army denies firing tear gas 'at a hospital deliberately' in West Bank

An ambulance drives past an Israeli military vehicle as smoke rises from objects set on fire by Palestinian rioters, in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Jan. 26, 2023. (Credit: Zain Jaafar/AFP)

The Israeli army denied a Palestinian claim that soldiers deliberately fired tear gas at a hospital during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.

"No one shot tear gas on purpose at a hospital," an army spokesman told AFP. "But the activity was not far away from the hospital and it is possible some tear gar entered through an open window."

The Palestinian health minister Mai al-Kaila accused Israeli forces of intentionally firing tear gas canisters at the children's ward of the Jenin Governorate Hospital. 


The Israeli army denied a Palestinian claim that soldiers deliberately fired tear gas at a hospital during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.

"No one shot tear gas on purpose at a hospital," an army spokesman told AFP. "But the activity was not far away from the hospital and it is possible some tear gar entered through an open window."

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