New type of teargas allegedly being used

Nizar Abu Amro, a paramedic with the Medical Relief Association NGO, tells MEE that Israeli forces are using a new type of gas on the protesters.

“The Israeli occupation forces used teargas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse the protesters. They shot at both upper and lower parts of the body,” he says.

“They used nerve gas and another strange kind of teargas, which is yellow. We do not know anything about its contents, but it causes strange disorders.”

According to Abu Amro, the strange gas was used for the first time two days ago in Jabalia in Gaza’s south.

“We took cultures for testing and we are still waiting to know its substance,” he adds.

Abu Amro says he’s seen no one approaching the Israeli fence, so thinks the aggression against protesters today is unwarranted.