Israeli police evicted settlers from homes in a West Bank outpost on Tuesday ahead of a court deadline to leave structures built on Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent reported.
Boys in tears were followed by a young woman holding a baby, as they were escorted out of their home in the Netiv Haavot neighbourhood of Elazar settlement, south of Jerusalem. Later in the day, dozens of young men barricaded themselves in a final house, with police dragging each one out individually over several hours, while those on the roof threw stones and plastic bottles of water. Four people were lightly injured, police said.
In February, Israel's Supreme Court gave the settlers until June 15 to vacate 15 homes found to have been built without the relevant permits in the wake of a petition by rights groups that claimed they were built on private Palestinian land.