Dozens of Israeli settlers on Saturday evening broke into Palestinian neighborhoods in the southern occupied West Bank province al-Khalil sparking unrest across the city.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli settlers escorted by army patrols broke into the Old City of al-Khalil and stoned Palestinian homes.
The settlers also yelled racist slogans and called for forcing the Palestinians out of their homes in the city.
An anti-settlement activist said clashes burst out in the area where the Israeli occupation forces attacked the Palestinian protesters with teargas canisters resulting in several suffocation cases.
Heavily-armed Israeli troops have been spotted across the old City of al-Khalil since daybreak.
At the same time the Israeli soldiers sealed off Bypass Road 60 near the northern entrance to al-Khalil with a makeshift roadblock where Palestinian civilians and drivers were subjected to exhaustive inspection.
