NILIN, West Bank (AFP) - Eight people were slightly wounded when Israeli security forces fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas at demonstrators protesting the West Bank separation barrier on Friday, medics and witnesses said.

A border guard also suffered light injuries, according to a military spokesman who said Israeli forces used anti-riot measures after demonstrators hurled rocks.
More than 200 people, including foreign activists, participated in the demonstration near Nilin and symbolically helped Palestinian villagers pick olives from their trees located near the barrier.
Villagers, Israelis and foreigners regularly protest at Nilin against the building of the barrier, hurling rocks at construction workers and Israeli troops, who usually respond with tear gas and rubber-coated bullets.
Since the end of July, a Palestinian child and a teenager have been killed by Israeli forces during the protests.
Israel says the projected 723 kilometres (454 miles) of steel and concrete walls, fences and barbed wire is needed for security, while Palestinians view it as a land grab that undermines their promised state.
To date Israel has built 57 percent of the projected barrier, most of it inside the West Bank.