Settlers assault woman in Hebron area

A  group of masked Jewish settlers Wednesday severely beat a Palestinian woman from Wadi Susiya, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing her cuts and bruises all over her body, according to a local activist. Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in southern Hebron, told WAFA that Samiha Nawaja’a, 40, was severely beaten by seven masked settlers while she was near her house located adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Susiya, built illegally on Palestinian land. He said the settlers beat Nawaja’a until several local shepherds who were in the area rushed to save her.