Nine Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli security forces during violent demonstrations that erupted at the Balata refugee camp and A-Najah University in Nablus Monday.
An Israeli border policeman was slightly injured by rocks hurled at his patrol car at Balata, near Nablus. Military sources said two demonstrators there were hit by live ammunition and one by rubber bullets. Six students were wounded at A-Najah.
A curfew was clamped on the refugee camp where rocks and bottles were thrown at Israeli soldiers and Palestinian flags were raised. Military sources said rubber bullets failed to quell the demonstration. The order to open fire with rifles was given after the demonstrators disregarded orders to disperse and “endangered the lives of the soldiers,” the sources said.
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