Israeli Troops Kill 1, Wound 8 on West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian and wounded eight others today, a day of general strike and protest in the occupied lands against the peace mission by Secretary of State George P. Shultz.

At least 137 Arabs have been killed since violence began Dec. 8 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to U.N. figures. An Israeli soldier also has died.

Authorities stationed 600 policemen in Jerusalem’s walled Old City to prevent clashes between Muslims and militant Jews trying to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque complex, one of Islam’s holiest shrines.

Police turned away the 50 Jews, who carried a banner reading “The Temple Mount, the national symbol of our people, is in the hands of our enemies.” The hill, called Haram es Sharif in Arabic, is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

Strike Ordered

Stores were closed and streets nearly deserted in the occupied territories because of an order by the underground Palestinian leadership for a strike and two days of protest.

Anti-Shultz graffiti spray-painted on walls in Ramallah said, “The PLO Refuses the Shultz Solution,” and, “Down With the Shultz Solution.”

In Bani Naim, a West Bank village 20 miles south of Jerusalem, soldiers killed one Palestinian and wounded seven, doctors at nearby Alia Hospital reported. Israel radio said youths attacked soldiers during an anti-Shultz demonstration.

At Balata, a refugee camp in the northern West Bank, soldiers shot an 18-year-old Arab in the right thigh, said Nablus hospital officials.