A group of Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian youths and children who were celebrating the snowfall in the Wadi Al-Hussain area adjacent to Kiryat Arba settlement illegally built east of al-Khalil.

The attack occurred on Thursday evening when a group of settlers assaulted local youths and children while playing snowball fight and having fun in the snow which led to a fist fight.

Israeli occupation forces intervened immediately to protect the settlers.

Nearly 600000 Jewish settlers live in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank in violation of international laws and resolutions.

AL-KHALIL (PIC)– Scores of Jewish settlers on Friday evening invaded under military protection the areas of Abul Hasin and Jabal Johar in al-Khalil city and attacked Palestinian citizens and their property.

Local sources reported that the settlers torched a Palestinian car and attacked with the help of Israeli soldiers the residents and their homes in those areas.

They added that the soldiers intensively fired tear gas grenades at the citizens who tried to fend off the attackers causing many of them to suffocate.