Palestinians protest as Jerusalem refugee camp locked down
Source: Reuters
Palestinians protest as Jerusalem refugee camp locked down
Sinan Abu Mayzer and Raneen Sawafta
Wed, October 12, 2022 at 9:06 AM·2 min read
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hundreds of people protested at checkpoints into a refugee camp in Jerusalem and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces broke out across the West Bank on Wednesday, with a Palestinian killed near the southern city of Hebron.
The violence spread to the streets in East Jerusalem where Israeli police said they clashed with rioters and arrested several people who set fire to tires, threw rocks at passing cars and attacked officers.
The incidents continue months of escalating tensions that have deepened since Israeli forces began a crackdown in the occupied West Bank in late March following a series of attacks by Palestinians in Israel that killed 19 people.
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed this year, most since the army launched its operation, which has been marked by a near-daily series of raids and clashes with militant groups in West Bank cities like Nablus and Jenin.
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