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Violence Erupts as Israel Begins Demolition of Amona Outposts (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Early in the morning on Thursday, 3 January, the Israeli army began to evacuate settlers from the Jewish West Bank outpost of Amona, according to i24NEWS.
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According to local media, several hundred settlers who had barricaded themselves inside makeshift structures threw stones at police officers and tried to prevent the evacuation.

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During the evacuation, eight protesters were injured and five arrested, i24NEWS reports, citing police.

All victims received medical care, some of them were taken toHadassah Ar a-Tsofim hospital in Jerusalem.

An operation to dismantle Amona, authorised by Israel's High Court of Justice, started on Wednesday. The court said the settlement was built on privately-owned Palestinian land.

The new settlement that Israel is planning will be the first government-authorised West Bank settlement to be built in about 25 years.

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