Jewish settlers clashed with Palestinian farmers on Sunday as they tried to pick olives from land owned by the family of two men convicted of killing a young settler family in March.
At least three Palestinians were injured when dozens of settlers armed with sticks and stones attacked the group of about 50 workers as they tried to harvest the olives on land belonging to the Awwad family from the nearby village of Awarta, an AFP correspondent reported.
The olive groves lie very close to the edge of Itamar settlement where a young couple was stabbed to death along with three of their young children earlier this year, in an attack by two young Palestinian men from the Awwad family.
Israeli troops arrived at the scene and broke up the clashes, and were trying to protect the farmers.
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