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Raid on West Bank camp provokes violence

JERUSALEM, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Violent erupted for a second time this week when Israeli police raided a West Bank refugee camp Thursday looking for a Palestinian militant, officials said.

About 500 Palestinians demonstrated against the raid, some throwing stones and firebombs and burning tires in the streets, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

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Two Palestinians were wounded. An elderly woman was taken to a hospital in Israel after she was bitten by an army-trained dog. A 23-year-old man was shot in the leg.

Israeli troops left after they determined the militant -- who was wanted on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities -- was not home.

Clashes broke out this week in the northern West Bank village of Tamoun when undercover border police arrested a wanted man. Residents threw rocks and bottles at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.

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