Settlers assault Palestinians near Hebron

Coordinator of Popular Committee to Resist Wall and Settlements in Yatta, Rateb al-Jbour, said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, Friday assaulted a number of Palestinians from Um al-Khair village east of Yatta in Hebron governorate.The settlers severely beat a woman, identified as Maleeha al-Hathaleen, 57, and a young man Bilal al-Hathaleen, while they were heading to their sheep barn in the village, causing them several bruises.Al-Jbour condemned these brutal measures the settlers and Israeli forces are committing against the Palestinians in these areas, stressing that such measures aim at deporting the Palestinians from their land. Al-Jbour called on human rights and international institutions to intervene to put an end to these aggressive acts against the Palestinians.