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Israeli Arabs protesting Gaza campaign clash with police
By Yoav Stern and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service
Tags: gaza, israel, israel news 

Violent clashes erupted on Sunday between Israel Police officers and Israeli Arabs in the town of Umm al-Fahm, where protesters have been staging a mass demonstration against the Israeli campaign in Gaza, which has so far killed more than 280 Palestinians and wounded scores more.

The confrontation was sparked after protesters began throwing stones at police forces.

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nother protest by Israeli Arabs has been taking place near the Dir al-Assad junction on route 85. The demonstration there turned violent after activists began hurling stones at police forces, who responded with tear gas.

Massive police forces have been deployed to the area.

A senior official in the Northern Israel police said the protests were authorized under the condition that the demonstrators refrain from rioting and don't disrupt traffic.

"Any lawbreakers will be treated decisively," said the official.

Israeli troops earlier on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian man and seriously wounded another during a violent protest against Israel's deadly air campaign, the army and a Palestinian medic said.

The medic, Basem Abu Sheikh, said 22-year-old Arafat Khawaja was hit in the chest by live fire in the village of Na'alin, near Ramallah.

Residents said some demonstrators were hurling rocks at Israeli forces, but it was not immediately clear if the dead man had been among them. Abu Sheikh and the Israeli military said another man was also shot during the protest and was in critical condition.

The military said troops stationed near the village were attacked with a hail of rocks and only used live ammunition after other crowd control methods failed to halt the barrage. A spokesman said the incident was being investigated by military authorities.

Meanwhile Sunday, an eight-month-old Israeli baby was moderately wounded as Palestinian protesters hurled stones at vehicles south of Mount Hebron.

Earlier Sunday, a one-year-old baby sustained injuries as shards of glass from a car window, shattered by stone throwers, in the same area.

Two other cars sustained damage, also as a result of stone hurling near Dir Al-Assad junction. The passengers were not hurt. The incident was reported to the Carmiel police, who proceeded to comb the area.


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