Leftists: IDF uses teargas during Nabi Salah protest

Left-wing activists in the Ramallah area reported that IDF troops entered the Nabi Salah area and fired dozens of teargas shells at protestors. "The soldiers are currently inside the village spraying water on the houses," an activist said. IDF elements said that the forces entered the area in order to prevent riots and the hurling of stones.

It was also reported that IDF soldiers arrested a Palestinian photographer employed by foreign media in Bilin. Also on Friday, some 200 protestors clashed with security forces near Dir Nizam. (Shmulik Grossman and Ali Waked)