Protester Dies After Tear Gas Fired
January 03 2011
A 36-year-old Palestinian woman has died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops at demonstrators in the West Bank village of Bil'in, Ha'aretz (Israel) reports.
Jawaher Abu Rahmah died Saturday from respiratory failure resulting from inhaling the tear gas fired during a protest on Friday.
The woman's brother was reportedly killed in April 2009 when a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops hit his chest in the same village.
Separately, a Palestinian man holding a...
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