Renewed Unrest Hits West Bank, Gaza Strip
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Palestinian rioters fought Israeli soldiers as clashes resumed in the divided West Bank city of Hebron after a week of tense quiet. Protesters burned Israeli flags, hurled bottles filled with acid and rolled burning tires toward soldiers who responded by firing rubber bullets, wounding seven demonstrators. One Israeli soldier was slightly injured by stones. There have been riots in Hebron and other Palestinian towns since March, when Israel began construction of Jewish housing in East Jerusalem, the sector claimed by the Palestinians as a future capital. In the Gaza Strip, 200 Palestinians protested near the Jewish settlement of Morag, where they claim Israel has expropriated land to build a road.
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