A horde of Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement on Wednesday night attacked Palestinian homes and tried to set fire to a Mosque in al-Khalil city under military protection.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that a large number of settlers escorted by soldiers stormed the neighborhoods of Jabal Johar al-Kassara al-Harika and Wadi al-Hasin attacked homes and Palestinian citizens and tried to carry out an arson attack on the Khaled Ibn al-Walid Mosque.
They added that local young men from the neighborhoods clashed with the settlers and soldiers and defended the Mosque and their homes.
During the events soldiers fired volleys of tear gas grenades at the angry young men and their homes causing many of them to suffer from inhaling their fumes.
Citizens including seven children also suffered from inhaling tear gas as they were inside their homes. The children were rushed to a local hospital while others received on-site medical assistance.
A PIC reporter said that the clashes broke out before midnight and continued into an early morning hour on Thursday.
Later an Israeli military force closed the area of clashes and set up makeshift checkpoints near Tareq Ibn Ziyad School and Khaled Ibn al-Walid Mosque in an attempt to arrest the young men who confronted the settlers and soldiers in al-Khalil overnight events.
