The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday forced Palestinian storeowners in the Old City of al-Khalil to close their businesses in order to allow Jewish settlers to celebrate their Passover holiday.
According to a Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter dozens of soldiers forced storekeepers in the Old City neighborhoods of Beersheba Shuhada Omyan Qazazin Laban and Bab al-Baladiya to close their businesses.
The Israeli measure pleased the settlers and raised the ire of local citizens after it disrupted the commercial life in their Old City of al-Khalil
Consequently skirmishes broke out between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Beersheba neighborhood later in the afternoon after settlers swarmed an archeological area there.
One young man identified as Hasan Zaheda was taken prisoner during the events.
