[IsraelTimes] Protests break out along northern, central Strip; army pushes back rioters with live ammo, non-lethal meansRiots broke out along the border fence in northern and central Gazoo on Friday, with IDF soldiers driving back the participants using both non-lethal dispersal means and live fire against "instigators," the army said.
Sources in the Gazoo Strip said three Paleostinians were maimed in the festivities.
The television station run by the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group, which controls Gazoo, said that two of the maimed were at death's door, Israel Radio reported.
"Several violent riots took place in the northern and central Gazoo Strip. In order to prevent the threat of infiltration, forces responded with riot-dispersal means," the army said.
"In one of the riots, three instigators breached the buffer zone" -- an area surrounding the border where Paleostinians are not allowed to enter -- "and in order to prevent their further advance, the forces shot towards them," an IDF spokesperson said.
As of Friday evening, one of the riots was still taking place, while the other had been dispersed, according to the IDF.
Earlier Friday, a Paleostinian teenager was shot by Israeli security forces as he attempted to carry out a stabbing attack outside the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, the IDF said.
No Israelis were maimed in the attack. The assailant, who, according to Paleostinian media, was 14 years old, suffered gunshot wounds to the leg and chest. He received treatment at the scene, before being taken by military ambulance to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for further medical care, the army said.
The assault was the 10th such attack in under a week, with the vast majority occurring in Jerusalem and the Hebron area, where Paleostinians live in close proximity to settlers and Israeli troops.