Settlers attack Palestinian children near Nablus city in the West Bank

Thursday July 26, 2007 16:18 by Ameen Abu Wardeh - IMEMC News

A group of Israeli settlers attacked and beat up three Palestinian children while they were playing on their family land in the village of Al Qassira located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday midday.

The setters, using mountain motorbikes, chased the three children and then beat them up. Two of the three kids managed to escape while the third was detained by the setters, who tied him to one of their bikes and pulled him to a place near the village and dumped him there. The three kids sustained light wounds, according to medical personnel in the area.

The families of the three kids said that the Israeli army told them that an investigation will be held.

The Israeli army most of the time witnesses the attacks committed by Israeli illegal settlers and do not intervene, or they may join the setters in their attacks against Palestinian civilians.

Translated by: Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC.org News Room

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