Israeli troops arrested six Palestinians in three West Bank towns in an attempt to end a series of stone-throwing incidents reminiscent of the intifada, the 1987-1993 Palestinian uprising. In one incident near Jerusalem, Israeli troops fired live bullets to rescue an officer trapped by a hail of stones.
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