BETHLEHEM, August 19, 2014 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers on Tuesday attacked Palestinian cars with stones in the village of Nahalin, to the west of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Sources told WAFA that Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of Bita Illit, built illegally on Palestinian-owned land, hurled stones at Palestinian cars passing at a main road in Nahalin, causing damages to one of the cars. No injuries were reported. Israeli settlers have recently intensified their assaults against Palestinian farmers in the area, preventing farmers from reaching their property and repeatedly stealing and destroying Palestinian-owned crops. Israeli army on Tuesday demolished a man-made cave and shed used to shelter a Palestinian family in al-Walja, a small village located to the northwest of Bethlehem. Ammar Abu Attin, an activist with the anti-settlement committee in the village, said an Israeli force, accompanied by a bulldozer, stormed the area and proceeded to demolish the cave and the shed owned by a 50-year-old local resident, which he has been using to shelter him and his family for 15 years now, refusing to leave his land which Israel is attempting to take over for the benefit of settlement expansion. The land owner, Abd al-Fatah Abd Rabo, 50, said he has been subjected to the ugliest Israeli measures throughout the years to force him to leave his land, adding that he remained steadfast in his land and lived in a cave up until forces demolished it today on Tuesday. NABLUS, August 19, 2014 (WAFA) - Israeli military and police on Tuesday arrested 15 Palestinians across the West Bank and Jerusalem, according to local and security sources. In Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said Israeli army stormed the village of Usarin in the predawn hours and arrested two teenagers, 17 and 19, after raiding their houses and sabotaging their furniture. Army also stormed the nearby village of Tell and arrested a Palestinian youngster, as well as arrested another at a checkpoint near the town of Burqa, reported the PPC. Meanwhile in Hebron, Israeli forces stormed the city and arrested two brothers after raiding and searching their houses. Army also stormed the nearby town of Dahiriya and arrested a 19-year-old after raiding his house. Later on Tuesday, Israeli army set military checkpoints at several highways across Hebron Governorate, arresting at least one Palestinian near Halhoul. In Bethlehem, army broke through the village of Hosan, west of the city, and arrested a youngster, 23, after raiding and searching his family house. Furthermore, army stormed the nearby town of Beit Sahour and handed summons to two brothers to appear for interrogation before the Israeli intelligence. Meanwhile, forces raided the village of Deir Istiya near the city of Salfit, where they arrested four Palestinians. At least one Palestinian was further reported arrested in the village of Burqin, to the west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. In the meantime, Israeli Police in Jerusalem arrested a minor while he was trying to fend off a provocative Jewish settlers’ attack on al-Aqsa Mosque. The assault was led by Jewish rabbi Ehuda Glek. The mosque has seen repeated Israeli attempts to enforce a temporal division of the prayers times between Muslims and Jews during the recent few days. M.N. /T.R.
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