Israeli forces moved into a Palestinian neighbourhood in the tense, divided west bank city of Hebron, destroying two buildings before withdrawing early on Friday, one of the deepest and most politically sensitive incursions in 11 months of fighting.

In gunfire exchanges around the incursion, 15 Palestinians were wounded, one critically, Palestinian doctors said. Palestinians also said four Israeli soldiers were wounded and three vehicles destroyed. The Israeli military said that one soldier was lightly wounded.
Pictures taken by Jewish settlers across from the Abu Sneineh neighborhood showed explosions destroying the two buildings lighting up the midnight sky. Palestinians said that the buildings had been empty for some time and were used as gunfire positions by armed Palestinians.

Israeli jeeps and armored personnel carriers moved in to destroy the buildings after two Israeli brothers were shot and wounded in the Jewish neighbourhood, the military said.
Bureau Report