Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 08, 2014
Hebron:
Israeli troops wounded dozens of Palestinians protesting against the army's Gaza campaign, today, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian medical officials told AFP.
They said that one man was seriously injured by a live shot to the chest, while another 29 received lesser wounds from a mixture of live fire and rubber bullets.
The army said that soldiers were attacked by about 300 violent protesters.
"They rolled burning tyres and threw a fire bomb and rocks," a spokeswoman told AFP in English.
"The soldiers responded by firing riot disposal means," she added, 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 were no reports of serious injuries on either side.
They said that one man was seriously injured by a live shot to the chest, while another 29 received lesser wounds from a mixture of live fire and rubber bullets.
The army said that soldiers were attacked by about 300 violent protesters.
"They rolled burning tyres and threw a fire bomb and rocks," a spokeswoman told AFP in English.
"The soldiers responded by firing riot disposal means," she added, 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 were no reports of serious injuries on either side.
