Violent clashes broke out on Monday evening between Palestinian young men and Israeli police forces in Issawiya district northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.
Local official Mohamed Abul-Hems said that the skirmishes started when police forces stormed Issawiya from its western entrance and embarked on intensively firing stun and tear gas grenades at Palestinian citizens.
Abul-Hems added that the police forces set up roadblocks at all entrances to Issawiya and another one near al-Arba’ein Mosque where their intercepted cars brutalized local citizens and checked their IDs.
He pointed out that the Israeli police had also stormed the district on Sunday assaulted citizens and deliberately caused damage to property and cars especially near al-Arba’ein Mosque.
