Five residents and a journalist injured as troops attacked farmers near Hebron

Friday October 30, 2009 00:46 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Five residents and a journalist were reported injured on Thursday after being attacked by Israeli troops near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank - file 2007

Farmers said that Israeli settlers along with bulldozers arrived this morning at their lands located near Kriat Arba settlement and started to destroy their crops.

When farmers tried to stop the settlers, soldiers attacked them using rifle buts and batons injuring five of them and a journalist, the farmers said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that all those injured were moved to a local hospital in Hebron city after sustaining moderate wounds.

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