Tensions are flaring in the West Bank where Palestinians are protesting for a second day, after a prisoner held in Israeli custody died of cancer.<br/> <br />Young Palestinians threw stones at Israeli soldiers Wednesday in Hebron.<br/> <br />The soldiers fired back with tear gas and stun grenades.<br/> <br />Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel had ignored a request to free 64-year-old Maysara Abu Hamdeya who was serving a life sentence for recruiting a bomber to blow up a Jerusalem cafe.<br/> <br />Israel said the prisoner died at a hospital Tuesday, a few days after he began the first stages of an early release process.<br/> <br />Protesters also staged demonstrations Wednesday near an Israeli checkpoint and outside a prison compound.<br/> <br />In recent weeks, Palestinians have held several protests in support of prisoners.
