Intermittent clashes between police and youth in the Beit El settlement continue, as residents protest the demolishing of two houses built on privately-owned Palestinian land.
Police say they have arrested 10 teenage demonstrators for disturbing the peace and attacking officers. Demonstrators at the scene say that eight protesters were injured, all of them lightly, two of which required medical care.
The contractor behind the housing project, Meir Dreinoff, was reported to have fainted at the scene and was evacuated to hospital.
Yesha Regional Council heads said they were working to soothe tensions, after a number of violent incidents were brought to their attention, including youths who pelted officers with stones.
Police responded by firing at protesters with water cannons.
Israeli security forces scuffle with Jewish settlers in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, following the High Court’s decision to uphold an earlier order to demolish two buildings in the settlement, July 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
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