Israeli settlers attack Palestinian houses and cars in Hebron city

Thursday July 31, 2008 10:49 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents and vandalized 15 cars in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday morning.

 

Israeli settlement in Hebron city

Locals reported that a group of 20 Israeli settlers attacked Hebron city from the nearby Kiryat Are' settlement. The settlers violently attacked Palestinian cars passing by the road between Wad Al Nasara village and the Israeli settlement.

Israeli settlers attacked and damaged 15 cars, hitting them with iron bars and stones and shot gunfire at random. Moreover settlers attacked civilian houses in the village, settlers broke doors and windows in an attempt to break in.

Eye witnesses reported that a number of Israeli troops were in the area but they did not intervene and watched while the settlers attacked the Palestinians.

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