New violence erupted on the West Bank today where Israeli troops, cracking down on terrorist activity, shot and wounded four Arab youths who ignored warning shots as they fled from a military checkpoint in Hebron.
A military spokesman said the troops fired into the air before hitting the youths, one of whom is 12-years-old. All four were treated on the spot by medical corpsmen and taken to hospital. They had been stopped for a routine identity check but turned and ran.
Meanwhile, parts of the Arab town of Ramallah were placed under curfew after an Israeli bus was pelted with stones. A firebomb was thrown at another bus near Mr. Zion in Jerusalem.
A bomb was discovered and safely defused in the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo this afternoon, at a school crossing not far from the spot where six pedestrians were slightly injured by an explosive device last week. There were no injuries in any of the incidents.
A crowd of angry local residents gathered and there was considerable shouting in support of Rabbi Meir Kahane and his extremist Kach Party which demands the expulsion of every Arab from Israel.
The military authorities announced the six month closure of an East Jerusalem book store, Al-Mannar, on gronds that it was front for the Democratic Front for the Liberation of palestine, a terrorist group.
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