Two Arab youths were killed and five were wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire to quell riots in the Hebron and Nablus regions of the West Bank today. An army officer and two other Israelis were injured in stone. throwing melees and several army and civilian vehicles were damaged. The outbreaks have been almost continuous during the past few days, following a by now familiar pattern.
Young Arabs block traffic on main roads with stone barricades and piles of burning fires. When they refuse orders to disperse, Israeli troops fire tear gas, then shoot into the air and finally fire rubber bullets. When these fail to break up the disturbances, live bullets are shot, aimed at the legs of the rioters. In today’s incidents, the demonstrators did not disperse until two of their number fell dead from gunfire.
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