(4 Jan 2007)
++ DAYS SHOTS ++
1. Various of Israeli troops driving past and men throwing rocks at them
2. Wide of people throwing rocks
3. Explosion near to Israeli vehicle then cloud of thick white smoke spreading, whip pan man getting into back of army vehicle
4. Helicopter
5. Israeli bulldozers pushing over market stalls
6. Young girl leading mother into safety of shop as others run into same shop
7. Israeli bulldozers pushing over market stalls
8. Various of people throwing rocks
9. Explosion in distance as people run away
10. Rocks and debris on ground with Israeli troops in background and ambulance in foreground
11. Pan from upturned car to ambulance on road
++ NIGHT SHOTS ++
12. People running and throwing rocks at Israeli troops
13. Various of people surrounding damaged vehicles
14. Various of people stood near to damaged market stalls
15. People next to upturned car
16. Israeli convoy AUDIO: gunfire and explosions
STORYLINE:
Israeli forces entered Ramallah on an arrest raid on Thursday, sending Palestinians fleeing and setting off a major battle with Palestinian gunmen in the centre of the normally placid West Bank city.
Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen exchanged heavy fire after undercover forces tried to arrest fugitives in the city's vegetable market.
Two Palestinians were killed and 25 were wounded, including a photographer for a local news agency, security officials and hospital doctors said.
The Israeli military said it arrested four men.
Bursts of gunfire, loud booms and the wail of sirens could be heard across the city for more than two hours, as the
fighting sent residents and shoppers scrambling for cover.
During the operation, more than a dozen jeeps drove through streets, as an army bulldozer pushed aside vegetable stands and cars.
The army said it was conducting a routine arrest raid in Ramallah.
A Palestinian security official said Israeli forces had entered Ramallah's open-air vegetable market to arrest a top militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a group affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party.
When the Israeli troops became trapped, the army sent in more forces to extricate them, the Palestinian official said.
Israel and the Palestinians agreed to a shaky ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in late November, but occasional fighting has continued in the West Bank.
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