Occupied WB, ALRAY - Clashes erupted Sunday between Palestinian youths who threw stones and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at an Israeli military checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

Local sources said that a student rally started from Palestinian Technical University- Kadoorie on Sunday marking Land Day. The rally headed to an Israeli military checkpoint, west of Tulkarem, that is erected on Palestinian Kadoorie village, in order to plant trees near the separation apartheid wall.

The forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets that caused injuries and suffocation cases among the Palestinians.

In a relevant vein, several Israeli military vehicles stormed al-Muqata’a street and al-Itisalat district in Tulkarem on Sunday, Palestinian youths chased them throwing stones. Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound grenades that caused suffocation cases among the youths.

The occupation forces carry out night storms everyday in Tulkarem and its surroundings. However, the forces stormed the city surprisingly at daylight on Sunday.