Clashes broke out on Friday during protests in support of a Palestinian family evicted from their home in occupied east Jerusalem, AFP journalists said. Around 150 Palestinians and leftwing Israeli activists protested the eviction of the Shamasneh family, with scuffles between police, protesters and Israeli settlers, AFP reporters on the scene in the Sheikh Jarrah district said.
At least four people, including a young child, were detained by police while settlers sprayed gas at the demonstrators, the reporters said. An Israeli civilian attacked an AFP video journalist without provocation, punching his camera and hitting his nose. As the AFP journalist reacted to the attack, police officers on the scene hit him repeatedly. The Shamasnehs, including 84-year-old grandfather Ayoub, were forcibly evicted on Tuesday from their home of more than 50 years, after a court ruled Israeli Jews the legal occupants.