Jewish Settlers Wound 2 Arab Girls
Jewish settlers shot and wounded two Palestinian girls aged 4 and 5 near Jerusalem on Sunday as Israelis celebrated the 24th anniversary of the capture of the Arab half of the city.
The settlers, from the Jewish community of Shiloh in the occupied West Bank, told police they opened fire when an Arab minibus tried to force their bus off the road just north of Jerusalem near the Palestinian village of Arram.
The girls, riding in the minibus, were wounded in the legs. Police said they detained the settlers and their bus driver.
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