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Armed settlers assault Palestinian families in western Ramallah

Sunday 2-August-2020

A horde of Jewish settlers on Saturday evening assaulted Palestinian citizen in Jeelya area west of Birzeit town in the Ramallah and Bireh province.

According to local sources a gang of armed settlers with dogs assaulted Palestinian families including the family of Sheikh Mohamed al-Hajj during their presence in Jibiya village north of Ramallah.

The settlers pointed guns at and physically assaulted Sheikh Mohamed his children and wife as well as other families and kids in the area.

The families were having a picnic in the area when the settlers assaulted them.

Some members of the families used their cellphones to document what happened but the settlers forced them at gunpoint to erase all the footage.

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