Byline: Combined wire services
Israelis killed two Arabs and wounded three others Monday when they opened fire on a crowd of stone-throwing Palestinians who had trapped a convoy of soldiers and civilians, the army said.
Soldiers wounded four Arabs in two other clashes, a military spokesman reported. The Arab-owned Palestine Press Service put the number of Arabs wounded by gunfire at 22 and provided a list of names.
Troops battled Palestinians in protests throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, leaving more than a dozen Arabs hospitalized with beating injuries and five soldiers injured by stones.
Armed Jewish settlers from Ofra, 11 miles north of Jerusalem, tried to enter the nearby West Bank Arab village of Ein Yabrud but were stopped by Israeli troops, the army command said. The settlers …
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