A 21-year-old man has been killed in Hebron after clashes between Israeli military and protestors against the war in Gaza, becoming the first Palestinian casualty in the West Bank since the conflict began.  A Palestinian community leader in Hebron - who declined to be named - told the Guardian that the dead man was Muneer Al Bardeen, 21, who was shot during a protest at Al Samoua Junction, 20 minutes south of of the restive West Bank city.  He claimed that Bardeen was shot with live ammunition at around 3 am, after hours of clashes that began after Iftar and carried on throughout the night. He also claimed that Bardeen, who was shot in the thigh, was kept waiting on the street for 20 minutes before an ambulance was allowed to take him to hospital.  “There were hundreds of protestors across all of the villages and Hebron city. Everyone was out on the streets,” the source said.  Palestinian media this morning reported that Bardeen died at the public hospital in Yatta, and that two other men were injured in Beit Ummar. Mahmoud Yasser Muhammad Breghith, 21, was shot in the leg and Mahmoud Nasser Juma Hitawi, 20, shot in the foot.  It also reported that hundreds of people were involved in clashes in Hebron, with protestors throwing stones and molotov cocktails at IDF troops.  Hebron was one of the most heavily-affected cities in the West Bank during Israel's incursions into Palestinian cities that followed the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in June. The two main suspects in the murder of the three boys are Hamas members living in Hebron. They are still at large.  An IDF spokesman could not be reached for commment.
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