Israeli forces assault protesters, storm homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Jerusalem

On Saturday afternoon, Israeli forces entered the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, assaulted residents and forcibly broke up groups of protesters. 

Police forces were seen beating women with batons and storming property in an attempt to get people to leave their homes.

Translation: Occupation forces break into the home of Al-Kurd family in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Jerusalem. 

Residents of Sheikh Jarrah have been protesting for over a week against an Israeli court's decision to imminently evacuate a number of families.

According to Palestinian news agency Wafa, police forces attacked demonstraters who gathered to show support for the families facing forced expulsion.

The neighbourhood has been a flashpoint of violence in recent days, where Israeli forces came in on horseback, heavily armed, to disperse people.