28 shot in West Bank clash with Israeli troops: Palestinians

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers who raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, leaving 28 with gunshot injuries. The Palestinian health ministry said 28 people were shot and wounded, including one in the head, during clashes in Al-Amari camp at the entrance to the West Bank city of Ramallah. A squad of around 25 Israeli soldiers arrived in the camp, located on the edge of the city where the Palestinian Authority has its headquarters, early on Monday morning. Palestinian security sources said the army tried to arrest an official from Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party, who managed to escape. The Israeli army did not give a reason for their raid in the camp, speaking only of “operational activity.” Once in the streets of the camp, which is home to 15,000 Palestinians, soldiers clashed with hundreds of youths who threw stones and glass bottles. The soldiers responded by firing rubber bullets and live ammunition. One soldier was injured by stones and needed to be aided by colleagues, according to AFP journalists on the scene.   AFP