Three Arab youths were wounded in a clash with Israeli troops in Nablus yesterday. A 65 year-old resident of Gaza was killed and eight others were injured when a grenade thrown at an Israeli vehicle exploded in a crowd of bystanders in the town’s main square.
The incidents were the first manifestations of unrest in the occupied territories since Israeli forces invaded Lebanon Sunday. The violence erupted at Najah University in Nablus where students erected road blocks and stoned Israeli military vehicles. The demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing the Israeli action in Lebanon and vowing support for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Soldiers dispersed them with tear gas and rubber bullets. They also fired into the air.
According to security sources, two Arabs were injured by glass splinters and a third was hit in the leg by a ricocheting bullet. Arab sources put the number of wounded at five.
Meanwhile the West Bank civil administration banned the circulation of three East Jerusalem Arabic dailies on the West Bank yesterday on grounds of incitement. The newspaper Al Fajr carried a front page advertisement denouncing the Israeli operation in Lebanon and “the conspiracy of silence by the Arab states.” The ad urged the Arab countries to fulfill their “national commitments” toward the Palestinian people.
It was signed by the mayors of West Bank towns and mayors ousted by the Israeli authorities who affirmed their support of the PLO.
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