Tel Aviv: Israeli police and demonstrators locked horns with each other in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, injuring at least one protester badly.
Protesters was demonstrating against what they said was excessive police use of force at a rally the previous night, AFP reported.
The confrontation was in reaction to incidents a smaller rally on Friday, where police arrested Dafni Leef, one of the leaders of a social protest movement launched last summer and several others.
Police moved in as they were trying to put up protest tents on Rothschild Boulevard, in the city’s financial district.
Israeli media said thousands of protestors had turned out on Saturday, some blocking main thoroughfares in the city centre, shattering windows and at one point forcing their way into a closed bank before being removed by police.
News website Ynet said police detained 10 people for questioning.
The social movement erupted after young Israelis angry at the cost of housing in Tel Aviv pitched tents in the middle of an upscale neighbourhood to express their frustration.
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