Unrest flared in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Thursday. Border police broke up a riot in the Gaza Strip town of Kahn Yunis, wounding a Palestinian youth who disregarded their orders to halt. Several rioters were arrested.
The latest eruption was a continuation of disturbances which flared last week after the Israeli authorities expelled a 26-year-old Palestinian, Mohammad Dahlan, an alleged Palestine Liberation Organization activist.
An Egged bus driver was slightly injured when his vehicle was stoned near the Dahariya refugee camp south of Hebron Thursday morning Five local youths were detained on suspicion of stone-throwing.
It was announced, meanwhile, that local branches of the Jordanian-owned Cairo-Amman Bank will be allowed to open in Hebron and Ramallah. The Israeli civil authorities agreed last year to allow the bank to do business in the administered territories. The first branch was opened in Nablus.
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