Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family working on its land east of Hebron, injuries reported

HEBRON, A number of Palestinians were injured and others suffocated during an Israeli settlers’ attack against a Palestinian family to the east of Hebron, the southern occupied West Bank, according to one of the family members, Rashed Al-Tamimi.

Tamimi told WAFA settlers from the nearby Israeli settlement of Havat Gal, built illegally on Palestinian land to the east of Hebron, attacked a Palestinian family while they were plowing their privately-owned land and grazing their sheep.

The settlers beat up the family members and attacked them with pepper spray, causing several of them cuts and bruises and others to suffocate.

They were taken to hospital in Hebron for medical treatment.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency

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