Clashes, stone-throwing break out in West Bank price protests | Maan News Agency
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Protests against rising living costs in the West Bank continued on Monday, with stone throwing and clashes breaking out in West Bank cities.
Several thousand people hurled stones at a police station in Hebron after earlier clashes targeted municipal offices and fire trucks, witnesses said. Riot police fired tear gas to try to chase away the crowds. Dozens of police officers and protesters were injured, a Ma’an correspondent said.
In Bethlehem, clashes broke out when striking taxi drivers refused to let traffic pass through Bab al-Zaqaq crossroads and another roundabout near Karkafeh street, with dozens of people throwing rocks at protesting trucks in a bid to get them to clear the streets.