Israeli troops wounded dozens of Palestinians protesting against the army’s Gaza campaign in the West Bank city of Hebron earlier today, Palestinian medical officials tell AFP.
They say that one man was seriously injured by a live shot to the chest, while another, aged 29, received lesser wounds from a mixture of live fire and rubber bullets.
The army says its soldiers were attacked by about 300 violent protesters.
“They rolled burning tires and threw a firebomb and rocks,” a spokeswoman tells AFP in English.
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces (unseen) following a demonstration in support of Gaza after Friday prayers in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on August 8, 2014. (photo credit: Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
“The soldiers responded by firing riot disposal means,” she adds, without elaborating.
Earlier, about 2,000 people, many waving green Hamas banners, marched through the city.
There were similar protests in Ramallah and outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus, while on the outskirts of Bethlehem the Israeli police said that “hundreds” of protesters — some masked, others carrying model rockets — threw stones and petrol bombs at border police, who dispersed them, also with “riot disposal means.”
There are no reports of serious injuries on either side.
— AFP
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