JERUSALEM, July 5, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces attacked on Thursday morning Palestinian and international activists on a vigil at Khan al-Ahmar community east of Jerusalem to prevent its anticipated demolition and displacement of its 180 Palestinian residents, most of them children, according to activists at the site.

Abdallah Abu Rahmeh, one of the activists, told WAFA that an army unit raided the area where they were holed up, attacked them and the residents and detained three international activists – a Canadian woman, an American and a British citizen.

He said the army is keeping the activists ed to a small area to prevent them from standing in the way of the bulldozers working on opening roads for facilitate entry of heavy machinery to demolish the community.

Israeli plans to demolish Khan al-Ahmar has provoked strong local and international condemnation.

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