Six Israelis were detained for assaulting soldiers near a village in the occupied West Bank where deadly clashes with Palestinians erupted this week, the military said on Saturday.

The fresh violence around the central West Bank village of Kafr Malik came after the Palestinian health ministry said three men died there in an attack by Israeli settlers on Wednesday.

Soldiers went to disperse a gathering of Israelis near the village overnight, the military said in a statement.

"Dozens of Israeli civilians hurled stones toward them and physically and verbally assaulted the soldiers, including the battalion commander," it said.

"In addition, the civilians vandalised and damaged security forces' vehicles, and attempted to ram the security forces," it added.

"The security forces dispersed the gathering, and six Israeli civilians were apprehended and transferred to the Israel Police for further........

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