Israeli army disperses protest in southern West Bank, injures, arrests Palestinians

Israeli forces dispersed a Palestinian protest Friday in the Abu Njeim community, located southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank against the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost, injuring and arresting several Palestinians, Anadolu reports. Israeli occupiers had set up a tent on residents’ land in the community, an Anadolu cameraman said, in what residents viewed as an attempt to establish a new illegal settlement outpost. Dozens of Palestinians then staged a protest before Israeli army forces intervened to disperse them. Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition and stun grenades, injuring many Palestinians, although an exact toll was not immediately available. Israeli forces also arrested a Palestinian during the protest. Eastern Bethlehem has witnessed an increase in attempts to establish […]