Israeli soldiers conduct an operation in Silwad, near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian home owner Abdel Rahim Hamed says that the Israeli forces had "searched around the house," interrogating him about the "presence of a weapon," following the "sound of gunfire" in the town. According to Hamed, his brother Abdel Rahman was wounded during the raid and sent to hospital. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES