Operation Pillar of Defense

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian demonstrator in clashes in the West Bank on Nov. 11 as Israel tightened security following a pair of attacks that took two Israeli lives the day before.

Clashes erupted near the city of Hebron where about 150 Palestinian demonstrators were throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers, the army said.

Israeli security forces fought with Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Nov. 7, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem's holiest site.

At the Qalandia checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem, troops fired rubber bullets as several hundred protesters marched.

Israel has closed two border crossings with Gaza, the army said on Nov. 2, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave struck its territory.
      
"The crossing points for people and goods, Erez and Kerem Shalom, have been closed until further notice except for humanitarian aid," an army spokeswoman said.