Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority government in the occupied West Bank, prompting clashes the Palestinian Ministry of Health said left at least six people wounded.

Israeli forces raided Ramallah overnight -- the seat of the Palestinian Authority -- to demolish the home of a bombing suspect. Clashes followed, leaving six people wounded, including a journalist.

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Clashes erupted after Israeli forces raided the city of Ramallah in the West Bank early on Thursday in what the military said was an operation to demolish the house of a Palestinian accused of a Jerusalem double-bombing last year.

"Confrontations were very violent, it looked like a battleground, and at sunrise, they detonated the house," a resident said.

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces raided the city of Ramallah in the West Bank early on Thursday in what the military said was an operation to demolish the house of a Palestinian accused of a Jerusalem double-bombing last year.

Clashes erupted after Israeli forces mounted a rare raid into the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, in what the military said was an operation to demolish the house of an assailant.

Israel’s military injured 13cPalestinians as it launched a rare raid on Ramallah to demolish the home of a 26-year-old Palestinian blamed for a deadly attack in Jerusalem late last year.