Dozens of Israeli soldiers sealed off the Old City of Nablus with barbed wire and cement blocks Thursday, while troops conducted house-to-house searches for militants in one of the biggest operations in the area in months. Two Palestinians were wounded in clashes, hospital sources said. Troops in Jeeps and bulldozers raided the city late Wednesday, exchanging fire with armed Palestinians and placing residents of Nablus’ Casbah under a strict curfew. During searches, troops found a belt with 44 pounds of explosives, the army said. Soldiers blew up the belt in a controlled explosion, damaging the house in which it was found, the army said. Troops also found a roadside bomb at a junction and detonated it, the army said. Full Story