Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; OCCUPIED JERUSALEM -- Violent clashes erupted Monday evening between Palestinians on one side and Israeli forces and extremist Jewish groups on the other side in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, occupied Jerusalem, local sources said.
The clashes broke out after Jewish security agents residing in a neighborhood home they seized earlier known as the “Beit Yonatan" house harassed locals, the sources added.
Israeli soldiers ramped up their presence and closed off the district’s main street and tried to break up assembled neighborhood residents by firing a barrage of stun grenades, tear gas, and rubber-coated bullets.
Tensions grew throughout Silwan, as the situation became ripe for escalation in light of heavy military presence.
In other news, Israeli occupation forces arrested six Palestinians Tuesday morning in Ramallah during an incursion which began the previous night.
Israeli radio quoted military sources as saying the IOF troops arrested Palestinians suspected of involvement in attacks on Israeli targets.
IOF soldiers accompanied by trucks and bulldozers raided the same morning the Khalla Hajja region east of Beit Fajar, where there are a number of quarries. The area was tightly closed off. The soldiers carry out routine attacks on the area.
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