One Palestinian was killed and three were wounded Monday in new clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Widespread unrest was reported in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians marked the end of the fifth month of their uprising in the territories.
Ibrahim Hussein, 34, a resident of the Dehaishe refugee camp, near Bethlehem, was fatally shot Monday morning. His funeral in the afternoon touched off rioting. The Israel Defense Force sealed off the entire area. The Arabs called a general strike for Monday and Tuesday to protest the killing.
Other disturbances were reported in Nablus, Hebron and surrounding villages.
IDF units fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday in several trouble spots in the Gaza Strip, but did not resort to live ammunition. Two Palestinians were admitted to a Gaza hospital suffering from the effects of beatings.
Very few Arab day laborers from the territories reported to their jobs in Israel on Monday.
Meanwhile, a Peace Now delegation that met Monday with Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin reported that he may consider allowing nonviolent demonstrations by Palestinians in the administered territories.
But the delegation said they found no “new thinking” on the part of Rabin on the situation in the territories. They protested the way he dealt with the Palestinians and with militant Jewish settlers.
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