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NABLUS, (PIC)-- A Palestinian man was injured on Tuesday in the flashpoint village of Awarta near Nablus after he was mauled by a dog let loose by Israeli police, sources told the Palestinian Information Center.
An elderly man was beaten by Israeli armed forces in the same town after refusing to comply with a recently enforced curfew.
The northern West Bank town of Awarta has been under fire since the killing of a family of Jewish settlers in nearby Itamar five days ago.
Military has partially withdrawn from some neighborhoods there noon Tuesday, and has gathered at the village's main entrances and closed off roads and key junctions with sand barriers.
But it is still carrying out intense house-to-house searches with some houses having been searched three times so far.
They turned back ambulances that arrived to transport kidney patients and elderly to the hospital.
There has also been a sharp food shortage because of the curfew.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers have been throwing stones in the village amid threats and anti-Arab slogans as police stand and watch.
Bulldozers have entered the village and tore down the walls of one home there.
Sources said that the army has begun digging up vast areas of farmland in the northeastern part of the village paving the way for two new pre-fabricated homes, which are commonly used by settlers in outposts.
The curfew has caused Awarta's schools to close stopping studies for 1,642 students taught by 102 teachers. Their access to the school has been cut off.
Other schools in Nablus province have been partially closed due to settler violence.
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