10 Palestinians Wounded in Nablus

Date

10/5/2015 8:10:53 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

Nablus: Ten Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Saturday during a raid by troops hunting the murderers of a Jewish settler couple Palestinian police and medical sources said.

Palestinians protesting against the raid in the territory’s main northern city of Nablus hurled stones at soldiers who responded with rubber bullets tear gas and live ammunition the sources said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said "10 people were wounded by live rounds to the legs or stomach" and "four others were wounded in beatings" by security forces.

Palestinian police said Saturday’s violence began when "dozens of Israeli soldiers in military vehicles" entered an eastern neighbourhood of Nablus one of the largest cities in the West Bank.

"They arrested eight people and conducted searches entering properties by force and causing damage" the police said.

Tensions have soared in the West Bank since the settler couple were shot dead in their car in front of their four children on Thursday evening.

QNA

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