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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian youth were injured as clashes with Israeli forces in Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem continued for a second day on Sunday.

Locals told Ma'an that Israeli forces raided several houses in the camp, taking them over and using them as military posts while firing tear gas grenades throughout the camp.

Local youths responded by hurling rocks at Israeli forces.

Israeli news site Ynet reported that two soldiers "sustained light to moderate injuries" and were evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

Witnesses in the camp said that two Israeli soldiers from the border police were injured in the camp after Palestinians threw bricks at them from a rooftop near the camp school.

Israeli forces opened fire at the camp after the incident, and called for reinforcements in order to evacuate the injured soldiers.

A young Palestinian was also shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet when soldiers opened fire on protesters. He was later evacuated to the hospital.

Israeli forces also opened fire on the car of Associated Press photographer Iyad Hamad as he was covering the clashes.

Dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation during the clashes.

Soldiers also inspected vehicles in camp and prevented the movement of locals, despite the heavy presence of tear gas in residential areas.

Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri said that Palestinian youths threw "improvised explosive devices" and Molotov cocktails towards members of the border guard near Rachel's Tomb, and confirmed that two border guards had been wounded after being struck by rocks and empty bottles.

The clashes come a day after heavy clashes in the camp, as locals protested against Israeli forces' killing of three Palestinians during a raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday.

During those clashes, Israeli forces detained three journalists and tried to use them as "human shields," one of the journalists told Ma'an.