Dozens of Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba attacked last night and on Saturday morning Palestinian citizens and homes in the Old City of al-Khalil.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that a horde of extrimist settlers attacked for the second consecutive day homes and families in as-Salayma neighborhood near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
He affirmed that several members of Palestinian families in this neighborhood suffered injuries during the settlers’ attack. Some of the wounded citizens were identified as Samiha as-Salayma Hasan Abd Rabo Khalil as-Salayma Mohamed Da’na Khalil Da’na and Saber as-Salayma.
Israeli soldiers also helped the settlers in their attack and fired volleys of tear gas grenades on homes and closed several businesses.
Soldiers also stormed the house of Samih Da’na in Da’na neighborhood near the settlement of Kiryat Arba occupied its rooftop where they deployed a tent and set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the house and embarked on searching passersby and checking their IDs.
Earlier soldiers from the units of Golani and Givati escorting a horde of Kiryat Arba settlers attacked last night Ghaith neighborhood in the Old City of al-Khalil. The attack was described as the most violent in two years.
According to eyewitnesses the soldiers physically assaulted Palestinian young men as they were sitting with their kids outside their homes in Ghaith neighborhood causing fractures and bruises to five of them.
During that attack the Israeli occupation forces cordoned off the neighborhoods of as-Salayma and Ghaith to secure the withdrawal of settlers.
