Israeli soldier wounded by West Bank settlers throwing stones, military says

Some 30 West Bank settlers threw stones at soldiers and punctured their vehicle's tires, lightly wounding one, overnight Saturday next to the settlement of Yitzhar, according to the military.

Troops used riot control measures and fired weapons into the air, dispersing the crowd. No arrests were made. "The IDF vehemently condemns physical and verbal violence toward those serving in it and sees incidents of this type very seriously," the military said.

During the past week the army arrested two settlers from the area. One was arrested following an assault on Rabbis for Human Rights activists who were assisting Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees. Another was arrested after settlers blocked the entrance to Yitzhar, opened the door of an army jeep and threatened the soldiers inside.