BETHLEHEM (Sputnik) — Violence has erupted in Israel between the Israeli military and Palestinian youth in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene Thursday. The clashes continues for about three hours.
Several dozens of Palestinian young men set dumpsters on fire near the Israeli West Bank security barrier and began throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli observation posts. In response, Israeli servicemen attacked the Palestinians with percussion grenades and fired tear gas.
إصابة مباشرة بزجاجة حارقة لجنود الاحتلال خلال مواجهات شمال مدينة بيت لحم، اليوم#القدس_عاصمة_فلسطين_الأبدية pic.twitter.com/tt1OdWtNgI
— جبهة الإنقاذ السورية (@enqazsyriafront) December 14, 2017
Tweet: A Molotov cocktail attack against occupation soldiers during clashes in the northern city of Bethlehem today
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