Israeli troops storm four Ramallah banks

Israeli military sources confirmed the operation was going on in Ramallah in several places. Clashes broke out between soldiers and stone-throwing youths. The army used rubber bullets to disperse them and wounded five people, one of them moderately in his chest. Two of the wounded were women, including one foreign national. Troops also barged into the offices of the Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP) headed by rights activist Mustafa Barghuti. Israeli soldiers searched the office of the accountant and going through the organization’s financial files.