A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Friday evening Jaber neighborhood to the east of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers coming from Kiryat Arba settlement threw stones at houses and assaulted a number of Palestinians who were in the neighborhood.
Four Palestinians including the human rights activist Abu Emad Jaber sustained minor injuries while a settler was seriously injured after being hit by a stone.
In search for the Palestinian youths who hit the settler with a stone in his head the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian houses besieged the area and announced it a closed military zone.
