Two killed in West Bank protest
Two people are killed and at least 90 injured as a protest involving an estimated 10,000 people breaks out in violent clashes with soldiers and border police at a checkpoint in Qalandiya, between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Israeli forces go to heightened alert and mobilize different units in and around Jerusalem to ‘deal with disturbances.’ Army spokeswoman:
There are thousands of rioters there. They are rolling burning tyres and throwing Molotov cocktails and fireworks at soldiers and border police.