A horde of extremist Jewish settlers at dawn Tuesday attacked the homes of Palestinian citizens in Umm al-Khair hamlet east of Yatta city in the West Bank province of al-Khalil.
Local residents said that settlers from the illegal settlement of Karmel started attacking the hamlet after midnight Monday with stones and made several attempts to break into homes adding the settlers continued to do so until Tuesday dawn hours.
They added that the residents confronted the settlers and engaged in clashes with them.
A local activist said that two citizens from the hamlet and one Jewish assailant suffered injuries during the clashes between the two sides adding that an Israeli military force intervened to protect the settlers.
Umm al-Khair hamlet has been exposed to similar settlers’ attacks since last Wednesday.
