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U.S. citizens critically hurt at West Bank protest - Haaretz - Israel News

U.S. citizens critically hurt at West Bank protest - Haaretz - Israel News: "U.S. citizens critically hurt at West Bank protest
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: Na'alin, Bil'in, Israel news

Palestinian sources said that an American citizen, in his thirties, had sustained critical wounds during an anti-separation fence protest in the West Bank on Friday, Army Radio reported.

Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the Oakland, Calif. area, was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops. The military and the Tel Aviv hospital where Anderson was taken had no details on how he was hurt.

Protesters who were at the scene said that Anderson was standing by the side of the road when soldiers fired at him, and not near the hub of the clash. They added that there was no one in his vicinity that could have been perceived as a threat to the soldiers."

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