Israeli occupation settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron 

Monday July 09, 2007 13:27 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

On Monday, a group of illegal Israeli occupation settlers from the settlement of "Hafat Ya'er" located near Yatta village south of Hebron city in the southern West Bank, attacked and damaged Palestinian homes.

Witnesses in Yatta, mostly farmers who live there, said that the setters using guns and batons attacked residents and damaged a number of homes in the village. No injuries were reported. The witnesses added that, during the attack, settlers chanted racist songs calling for killing the Palestinians and taking over their lands.

In the meantime in Hebron's old city, a group of right-wing illegal settlers attacked Palestinian homes and shops. They tried to uproot olive trees that belong to Palestinian residents in the area.

Israeli police and army managed to stop the illegal Israeli occupation settlers from continuing their attack, but at the same time troops forced Palestinian owners of the attacked shops to close them and to leave the area.

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