Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian and wounded another Sunday in Baka el-Khatab village near Tulkarm in the West Bank.
The Israel Defense Force is in the process of easing the iron grip it has held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the past week. But at least 24 Palestinians were wounded in new clashes Saturday.
Most curfews were lifted, but IDF squads continued to raid Arab villages in a show of force. The result was more bitter confrontations with Palestinian youths.
A firebomb was thrown at an army patrol in downtown Ramallah Sunday but caused no injuries or damage.
The unprecedented IDF presence in the territories since last weekend was meant to discourage public reaction to the Palestine National Council meeting in Algiers.
But the underground command directing the Palestinian uprising managed to circulate leaflet number 29 over the weekend, hailing the Palestine National Council proclamation of a Palestinian state.
The leaflets criticized Moslem fundamentalists who opposed the declaration of Palestinian statehood.
Meanwhile, as curfews were lifted, a general strike was called in the West Bank to commemorate a Palestinian, Azzadin Kassam, who was killed in a clash with the British army in 1935.
When the strike ended, business returned to normal and Arab laborers left for their jobs in Israel. But precisely at noon, the strike was on again.
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