Palestinian shot dead in Jerusalem

A Palestinian man was killed and 10 others wounded by gunfire from Israeli soldiers and police at the Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said on Tuesday.

Violent clashes broke out after a jeep carrying two border guards entered the camp by mistake overnight, a police spokesman said, adding that five policemen were injured, one seriously.

A wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories since October has killed 178 Palestinians, according to an AFP toll.