The imposition of a full lockdown over the weekend has set off a wave of demonstrations across the West Bank since Thursday, including clashes between Palestinian security forces and protesters, a somewhat unusual occurrence.
On Friday, at a demonstration in Hebron, city residents fired guns into the air and security personnel used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, which included members of the al-Jabari family, one of the city's most powerful and largest.
Additional clashes also broke out during demonstrations in the Beit Omer area near Hebron, and in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
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A senior security official told Haaretz that some of the families in the West Bank are trying to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis to mount a challenge to security forces, but that security forces would not allow this to pass.