- Title: WEST BANK: Palestinian stone throwers clash with Israeli troops
- Date: 29th November 2013
- Summary: QALANDIYA CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 29, 2013) (REUTERS) PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC AT MAIN ROAD BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND RAMALLAH PALESTINIAN YOUTHS GATHERING IN STREET ISRAELI SOLDIER IN POSITION, IN FRONT OF WATCHTOWER SMOKE BILLOWING FROM TOP OF BUILDING SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON YOUTHS THROWING ROCKS BURNING TYRE IN STREET / GRAFFITI ON SECURITY BARRIER SHOWING FORMER PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT IN BACKGROUND MORE OF PALESTINIAN YOUTHS THROWING ROCKS RIOT POLICEMAN (IN BLACK) AT CHECKPOINT WITH ISRAELI SOLDIER (IN GREEN) MORE OF ISRAELI FORCES VARIOUS OF BURNING TYRES / SOLDIERS / YOUTHS THROWING ROCKS CARS DRIVING ON STREET AMID CLASHES GROUP OF SOLDIERS NEAR CONCRETE BARRIER WIDE VIEW OF STREET NEAR CHECKPOINT HEBRON, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 29, 2013) (REUTERS) WIDE VIEW OF STREET WITH PALESTINIAN YOUTH THROWING STONES / SMOKE FROM TEAR GAS LANDING ABOVE STORE SIGN CLOSER VIEW OF STONE THROWERS / STREET SIGNS AMIDST WHITE SMOKE ISRAELI SOLDIER LYING ON STOMACH, POINTING WEAPON ACROSS ROAD STONE THROWERS ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRING WEAPONS MORE OF YOUTH THROWING ROCKS AT SOLDIERS CLOUD OF SMOKE IN STREET PALESTINIAN YOUTH MOVING BURNING TYRES IN STREET YOUTHS CHEERING ISRAELI SOLDIER FIRING RUBBER BULLETS MORE OF SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON YOUTHS HURLING ROCKS SOLDIERS IN POSITION, BESIDE CONCRETE BARRIERS AND AMID GREY CLOUD OF SMOKE MASKED YOUTHS THROWING ROCKS YOUTHS RUNNING VARIOUS OF SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON WHITE SMOKE IN STREET SOLDIERS RUNNING YOUTH ON ROOFTOP THROWING ROCKS SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON TEAR GAS CANISTER EMITTING SMOKE IN STREET
- Embargoed: 14th December 2013 12:00
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- Location: West bank
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA4Z5KXWEYL1TKUGGL87HLJNHIZ
- Story Text: Dozens of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli troops on Qalandiya checkpoint and in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday (November 29) after the funeral procession for 24-year-old Mahmoud Awwad.
Awwad had died after sustaining a bullet wound to the head on August 26 when an Israeli army raided the Qalandiya refugee camp and shot and killed three Palestinian men from the camp.
Medical officials said that he had been receiving treatment in an Israeli hospital after falling into a coma.
Israeli border police said they entered the camp, near Jerusalem, to arrest a man and were confronted by a crowd throwing fire bombs and rocks.
Israeli troops often enter Palestinian-controlled territory to detain people suspected of planning attacks, usually conducting the raids during darkness to minimize confrontation.
During clashes in Qalandiya and in the West Bank city of Hebron, two main flashpoints of violence, Palestinian youths threw stones and burnt tyres while the Israeli army fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
Violence in the West Bank has worsened since the beginning of 2013. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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