Eight prisoners, two Israeli soldiers wounded in Israeli prison's clashes

Tear gas mists rise from inside Ofer jail during clashes mid
Palestinian prisoners and Israeli prison defenders, outside the West
Bank city of Ramallah December 20, 2008. According to Israeli prison
service spokesperson, eight prisoners and two Israeli guards were
injured and a tent set ablaze as riots broke out after guards wanted
to behaviour a search on Saturday.
-- Eight Palestinian prisoners and two Israeli prison's defenders were
injured during clashes in Israel's Ofer Prison in the West Bank on
Saturday.
Prisoners from inside Ofer prison told journalists on cellular phones
that they were protesting an earlier search of prisoner property which
damaged the living quarters of the hostages.
They said that in response to the protest, dozens of Israeli soldiers
fired rounds of rubber coated bullets and tear gas canisters on the
prisoners, who set fire to some of the tents inside the prison.
They reported from inside their prison that several prisoners with
heart inconveniences or breathing difficulties were suffocated as the
Israeli soldiers fired dozens of gas case shots at the captives.
Other prisoners stated that they have been harshly beaten by Israeli
soldiers, saying many were forced out of their living areas and taken
to solitary imprisonment cells.
According to the prisoners estimates, around 400 prisoners
participated in the clashes.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society chief Abedelal al-Anani described
what happened as a dangerous destabilization of condition, adding that
"the soldiers used water hoses, gas bombs and rubber coated bullets to
repress the prisoners."
Eight prisoners, two Israeli soldiers wounded in Israeli prison's
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Israeli police enter Ofer prison during riots between Palestinian
prisoners and Israeli prison guards at Ofer prison outside the West
Bank city of Ramallah December 20, 2008. According to an Israeli
prison service spokesperson, eight prisonersAn Israeli prison service
spokesperson, eight prisonerIsraeli prison service spokesperson, eight
prisoners and two Israeli guards were injured and a tent set ablaze as
riots broke out after guards wanted to conduct a search on Saturday.