Nine Palestinian Arabs were arrested on Thursday night by Judea and Samaria District Police during clashes between Jews and Palestinian Arabs near the Mikneh Avraham Farm in Gush Etzion. Four people were lightly injured in the incident, two of them Jews. They were evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
According to information obtained by Arutz Sheva-Israel National News, the incident began following a dispute over an illegal building near the farm. According to the Jewish residents, Bedouins had taken over the structure and cut off the water supply to the site.
The confrontation between the sides subsequently escalated. According to eyewitness accounts from the scene, the Bedouins summoned more than 30 Palestinian Arab rioters from the nearby village of Al-Maniya, and the confrontation widened.
The security coordinator of a nearby farm, who arrived at the scene to assist, fired into the air to disperse the rioters. He was questioned during the night and released. His weapon is also expected to be returned to him during the morning.
IDF forces, Israel Police, and Border Police units called to the scene worked to separate the sides and arrested nine Palestinian Arabs