Clashes broke out in the West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces ordered the closure of a Palestinian school, AFP correspondents said.
The Israeli army says the school had been the source of months of violence, with stones thrown at a nearby major road used by its forces and Israeli settlers.
The school serves the Palestinian villages of As-Sawiya and Al-Lubban south of Nablus and is located on a main road through the West Bank.
The Israeli army on Sunday issued an order for the school to be closed, but students tried to enter on Monday morning alongside some officials, AFP journalists say.
Israeli soldiers and border police fired tear gas at protesters, including into the school premises.
Four people were hit by rubber bullets, the Palestinian Red Crescent says, with a number of others affected by tear gas.
AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is injured in the clashes.
— AFP
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