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Israeli curfew after clashes in Palestinian town
Shots sounded from a Palestinian town on Sunday as local people marched in defiance of a daylight curfew imposed by Israeli troops who have sealed off Nilin, in the occupied West Bank, since Friday.
- Reuters
- Published: 20:34 July 6, 2008
West Bank: Shots sounded from a Palestinian town on Sunday as local people marched in defiance of a daylight curfew imposed by Israeli troops who have sealed off Nilin, in the occupied West Bank, since Friday.
One resident said up to 50 people were hurt by tear gas and rubber bullets.
The Israeli army said a soldier was wounded and declined to comment on any casualties among civilians on a third day of clashes and a clampdown that has kept journalists out.
Local people said they had been prevented from leaving the town since Friday.
An Israeli army spokesman said the indefinite daylight curfew was imposed on townspeople on Sunday, forcing them to stay indoors around the clock, "in light of recent violent incidents".
He said 8 Israeli security personnel and 2 workers building the barrier were hurt in protests over the past month.
The West Bank barrier, a network of razor-wire fences and concrete barricades, is intended to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers, Israel says.
But it also loops around Jewish settlement blocs, cutting off West Bank villages from swathes of farmland.
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