WEST BANK: Clashes erupt in Ramallah as Israeli troops conduct an arrest raid

Record ID: 561790

  • Title: WEST BANK: Clashes erupt in Ramallah as Israeli troops conduct an arrest raid
  • Date: 27th September 2006
  • Summary: (BN14) AM'ARI REFUGEE CAMP, RAMALLAH DISTRICT, WEST BANK (SEPTEMBER 27, 2006) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI TROOPS RAIDING REFUGEE CAMP ISRAELI JEEPS AND HUMMERS DRIVING IN CAMP PALESTINIANS THROWING ROCKS AT ISRAELI SOLDIERS ISRAELI BULLDOZER IN THE STREET ISRAELI JEEP DRIVING SOLDIERS FIRING AND THROWING TEAR GAS AND SOUND GRENADES AT PALESTINIANS PALESTINIANS THROWING ROCKS AT ISRAELI SOLDIERS ISRAELI SOLDIER FIRING RIFLE AT PALESTINIANS AND HIDING IN JEEP PALESTINIANS THROWING ROCKS / AUDIO GUN FIRE VARIOUS OF ISRAELI JEEP IN CAMP VARIOUS OF SHOOTING, GUNFIRE JOURNALIST RUNNING AWAY / SOUND AND TEAR GAS GRENADES VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS THROWING ROCKS AT JEEPS LEAVING AREA
  • Embargoed: 12th October 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAYRFXVXCJDA3JIS8NKZEW1WU5
  • Story Text: Israeli troops and Palestinian stone throwers clashed in a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday (September 27) during an army arrest raid.
    The clashes erupted during a day light raid into the Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah aimed at arresting Palestinian militants.
    The army said the soldiers used "riot dispersal means" to deter crowds of Palestinians who threw blocks and grenades at the forces in the area.
    Witnesses said that dozens of army troops backed by bulldozers, hummers and jeeps, raided the area and fired rubber bullets and stan grenades at Palestinian youths.
    One soldier was wounded lightly during the clashes, the army said.
    Eyewitnesses said one member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades was taken by the forces. The militant group is linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement.
    Earlier, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli forces raided the Balata refugee camp in search of militants, a military spokesperson said.
    He said the troops arrested two militants aged 17 who revealed the location of a 10 kg bomb belt. It was detonated in a controlled manner.
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