WEST BANK: CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI ARMY AND PALESTINIANS HAVE ERUPTED IN HEART OF RAMALLAH

Record ID: 400839

  • Title: WEST BANK: CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI ARMY AND PALESTINIANS HAVE ERUPTED IN HEART OF RAMALLAH
  • Date: 27th August 2002
  • Summary: (U5) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (AUGUST 26, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. MV ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHOOTING IN RAMALLAH STREET, TWO WOMEN PASSING BY COVERING THEIR EARS; ISRAELI SOLDIER SHOOTING IN CENTRE OF RAMALLAH; SLV SOLDIER WALKING IN STREET (3 SHOTS) 0.15 2. SLV SOLDIER HOLDING PALESTINIAN MAN BY HIS NECK, LEADING HIM TO ARMY JEEP; SLV SOLDIER WITH BOUND PALESTINI
  • Embargoed: 11th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA9J6P3WTZIBMSOZKNQSHM6DCMS
  • Story Text: Clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinians have
    erupted in the heart of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

    A Reuters journalist covering the violence has been
    wounded by a bullet in his shoulder.

    Several people including a Reuters photographer were
    wounded on Monday (August 26, 2002) during clashes between Israeli
    soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

    Ammar Awad, a freelance photographer who has worked with
    Reuters for 18 months, was shot by Israeli soldiers firing
    rubber bullets at stone-throwing children in central Ramallah.

    Three teenage stone-throwers were also hit by rubber
    bullets. They were brought along with Awad to a Ramallah
    hospital for treatment.

    Awad said he was standing next to other reporters in his
    flackjacket and photographing the clashes when he was shot.

    His left shoulder was marked with a deep red circle,
    which Awad said doctors were examining for piercing.

    Awad, a resident of East Jerusalem, holds an Israeli
    identity card and has worked for Reuters for 18 months.

    The Israeli army did not immediately comment.
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