Violence continued in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the weekend, but security sources maintained that the situation in the territories was calming down.
Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators at the Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah and the Askar camp near Nablus. In Jericho, which is usually quiet, students threw rocks at passing Israeli vehicles. No injures were reported.
An Israeli soldier was slightly injured by rocks in Ramallah Saturday. A curfew was clamped on the downtown area for several hours. The Islamic College in Hebron was closed for three weeks after violent demonstrations there Saturday. Al-Azhar University in Gaza was closed for 10 days.
A gasoline bomb was thrown at a parked Israeli vehicle in Gaza, causing some damage but no injuries. Three Israeli policemen were attacked by stone-throwing Druze when they entered Massade village on the Golan Heights Friday morning.
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