A Palestinian woman and an Israeli soldier were wounded in clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday morning as Israel granted amnesty to more Palestinian activists.
A 30-year-old Palestinian woman was injured in clashes which erupted between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army which stormed al-Ein and Balata refugee camps in the city, medical sources said.
Later, the Israeli radio announced that a soldier was wounded in Nablus clashes.
Several Palestinian armed groups claimed responsibility for attacking the Israeli forces with hand grenades and roadside bombs.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources said Israel has granted amnesty to 110 Palestinian militants affiliated with President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.
"We received the list of names last night," said Akram al- Rojoub, chief of the preventive security forces in Nablus, adding that the list includes 31 activists from Nablus.
The amnesty was part of a series of facilities promised by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to bolster Abbas whose Fatah movement lost control of the Gaza Strip after days of fighting with Hamas Islamists in mid June.
Amnesty is only applied to those militants in the West Bank who hand over their weapons to the Palestinian National Authority and pledge to stop attacks against the Jewish state.
Israel has pardoned 216 gunmen after sending their names in two lists to the Palestinian authorities.
Source: Xinhua
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