Jalazun refugee camp, Palestinian Territories | | Friday 3/13/2015 - 16:27
Israeli troops opened fire on more than 100 Palestinian protesters in the northern West Bank on Friday, an AFP correspondent said, wounding at least one person.
They fired live rounds at youths who hurled stones and a Molotov cocktail at them at the entrance to the Jalazun refugee camp north of the city of Ramallah, the correspondent said.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the ankle, a medic told AFP, and was immediately taken to hospital as clashes continued.
The army confirmed the clashes, with a spokeswoman telling AFP soldiers shot live rounds after a Palestinian threw a petrol bomb at them.
The clashes came amid tensions as Israel prepares for a general election on Tuesday.
Palestinians have watched the upcoming vote with interest, keen for a change from right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party.
Likud was lagging in the polls Friday behind the Zionist Union -- a joint list headed by Labour's Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni of the centrist HaTnuah, who was Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians during talks that broke down nearly a year ago.
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