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Clashes erupt during West Bank demonstrations

2014-08-22 18 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Clashes erupted in three cities in the occupied West Bank on Friday (August 22) during demonstrations held against Israel's prolonged military offensive in the Gaza Strip.<br/> <br />In the West Bank city of Hebron, hundreds of demonstrators marched after prayers on the city's main street waving Hamas flags and posters of Hamas militants.<br/> <br />They were met with Palestinian security forces and riot police. Demonstrators hurled rocks while police fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades.<br/> <br />In Bethlehem, dozens of Palestinian stone-hurling youths clashed with Israeli soldiers near the main checkpoint into the city. Soldiers fired tear gas canisters and sprayed protesters with "skunk", a foul-smelling liquid used to disperse demonstrations.<br/> <br />In Ramallah, dozens marched on the main street of the city also waving flags and posters of Hamas militants killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza.<br/> <br />On Friday, Hamas-led gunmen executed 18 Pale

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