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JERUSALEM, May 28, 2012 (WAFA) – A group of extremist settlers Monday assaulted a Palestinian youth in Wadi Hilweh area in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to witnesses.

They said confrontations erupted between Wadi Hilweh residents and the settlers as the residents tried to help the boy.

Wadi Hilweh information center said that settlers’ attacks escalated in the last few months without any measures taken against them.

Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested four Palestinians after raiding a number of houses in Silwan. They were transferred to the Russian compound for interrogation.

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