[IsraelTimes] 28 rioters said injured as IDF tries to disperse a protest in al-Am'ari refugee camp in the West BankAn IDF soldier was lightly injured Monday morning during a clash with Paleostinians who threw rocks and homemade bombs at the troops outside of Ramallah, an army spokesperson said.
The troops were conducting "routine activities" in the area, near al-Am'ari refugee camp outside of Ramallah in the West Bank, the IDF said, when dozens of local Paleostinians began pelting them with homemade explosives and stones.
"The soldiers called for the demonstrators to stop the violence, using riot dispersal means," a spokesperson said.
As the demonstration persisted, the troops fired live rounds at "main instigators," the IDF said.
During the clash, 28 Paleostinians were maimed to varying degrees, some from tear gas inhalation and others from rubber bullet wounds, according to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry.
Israel Radio, citing Paleostinian sources, said five were maimed by live fire.
The maimed soldier was taken to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment, the army said.
Though many of the rioters expeditiously departed at a goodly pace shortly after the IDF switched to live-fire rounds, the demonstration continued into the afternoon.
The soldiers had been in the refugee camp in order to arrest an arms dealer named Ayman Abu Arab, who was not at home, according to the Paleostinian Ma'an news site.
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10 Paleostinians in the West Bank on suspicion that they had taken part in violent demonstrations or other forms of "popular terrorism," a catch-all term used by the IDF to include rock- and Molotov cocktail-throwing.