Clashes as Palestinians stage strike after prisoner death Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza were observing a general strike on Wednesday after the death of Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh, a 63-year-old from the West Bank town of Hebron. As news of his death spread, disturbances broke out among Palestinian prisoners in at least four Israeli jails and stone-throwing clashes erupted in Hebron, Abu Hamdiyeh's hometown. Images and soundbites from Hebron