JERUSALEM, July 8 (Reuters) - The Israeli army lifted on Tuesday a curfew it imposed last week on the Palestinian town of Nilin where violent protests had erupted against Israel's West Bank barrier.

"It was lifted early this morning," a military spokeswoman said. The town's mayor confirmed the curfew, which was clamped on Nilin on Friday, had ended and said soldiers had pulled out. (Additional reporting by Mohammed Assadi in Ramallah, Writing by Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem , Editing by Avida Landau)

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