An Israeli policeman wounded a 16-year-old Palestinian girl in the leg when he opened fire on a crowd after his vehicle was stoned in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis Tuesday. The policeman said he fired into the air to disperse the stone-throwers and then fired at their feet.
The incident was the latest in the wave of unrest that has swept the Gaza Strip and West Bank since last Thursday.
A passenger in an Egged bus was injured by rocks thrown at the vehicle south of Hebron Tuesday. Stones were thrown and tires were burned in roadways throughout the administered territories.
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