Israeli police attack families in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood


An Israeli border policeman scuffles with a Palestinian protester during clashes amid ongoing tension in an Israeli-Palestinian land-ownership dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Bernama): Israeli police attacked Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday (June 20), reported Anadolu Agency.

Police prevented residents from entering a square by using batons, according to eyewitnesses.

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