- Title: WEST BANK: Palestinian villagers hurl rocks at Israeli troops
- Date: 18th November 2013
- Summary: QUSRA, NEAR NABLUS, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 18, 2013) (REUTERS) ISRAELI TROPPS IN ARMOURED VEHICLE FIRING STUN GRENADES / PALESTINIAN YOUTH HURLING ROCKS AT VEHICLE / VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY / YOUTHS HURLING ROCKS AT ANOTHER ISRAELI VEHICLE MORE OF YOUTHS HURLING ROCKS (AUDIO: STUN GRENADE EXPLODING) ISRAELI ARMOURED VEHICLE AMBULANCE DRIVING PALESTINIANS CARRYING WOUNDED ON STRETCHER INTO AMBULANCE PALESTINIANS HURLING ROCKS AT ISRAELI ARMOURED VEHICLE AND DELEBRATING WHEN IT IS DRIVING AWAY ISRAELI SOLDIERS HIDING BEHIND ARMOURED VEHICLE AS IT IS DRIVING AND ROCKS ARE BEING HURLED AT IT MORE OF YOUTHS HURLING ROCKS AT VEHICLE MORE OF CLASHES VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN YOUTHS HURLING STONES AT ISRALEI TROOPS SOLDIER FIRRIGN TOWARDS STONE THROWERS VIEW OF STREET FILLED WITH STONES MORE OF STONE THROWING VARIOUS FO CLASHES
- Embargoed: 3rd December 2013 12:00
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- Location: West bank
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVAD50DYRRWOI1IMTHETU95XW3R2
- Story Text: Palestinian villagers from the West Bank village of Qusra near Nablus clashed with Israeli soldiers who entered the village on Monday (November 18), after a group of settlers, according the Palestinians, were spotted vandalising trees.
The residents say they went out in numbers to counter the settlers and were confronted by Israeli troops with whom they clashed, by hurling rocks at their armoured vehicles.
The army fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber coated bullets, wounding eight residents from the village, a local news agency reported.
Israeli soldiers could be seen hiding from the stones behind an armoured vehicle as it drove by.
The Israeli army spokesperson unit said it was checking reports on the incident.
Qusra is a flash point of violence. It is located on the outskirts of the city of Nablus in close proximity to a number of Jewish settlements whose residents, according to Palestinians, clash with local villagers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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