Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Neighborhoods in Hebron, Farmers in Salfit, After Killing of Four Settlers

PA official: Settlers vandalize cars after Hebron shooting

Published today (updated) 01/09/2010 12:25

NABLUS (Ma'an) --

Illegal Israeli settlers broke car windows Tuesday evening and cut down olive trees hours after four Israelis were killed in a shooting near a West Bank settlement in Hebron, an official said.

Ghassan Doughlas, who heads the Palestinian Authority file on northern West Bank settlement activity, told Ma'an that several cars were vandalized along the Jet junction between Nablus and Qalqiliya.

Dozens of olive trees near the village of Burin in the Nablus district were also chopped down, he added.

"Israeli settlers from Bracha, Yitzhar, Itamar and other outposts are gathering on Nablus roads and throwing stones at Palestinian vehicles," Doughlas said.

Four Israeli settlers were shot dead in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, Israeli occupation military officials said.

Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a car driving east of the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron at 6:30 p.m, officials said.

Shortly after the attack, Hamas' military wing the Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Salfit

Tuesday August 31, 2010 17:39 by IMEMC News - Agencies

A group of Israeli settlers opened fire at a group of Palestinian farmers while working on their lands near the village of Deir Istiah, near Salfit In the northern West Bank, Palestine News Network reported.

The head of the village council Nazmi Salman said the three farmers were surprised to see around ten settlers coming towards them on horses and shooting at random.

The three farmers had to flee in order not to be hurt. Witnesses reported that the farmers were fertilizing their olive orchard in preparation for the harvest season in October when the settlers attacked them.

The witnesses said that the settlers came from the nearby settlement of Emmanuel, adding that settlers from many other settlements threaten the farmers and try to interrupt the olive harvest season every year.

Israel seals off Hebron following shootings

Published today (updated) 01/09/2010 13:12

HEBRON (Ma'an) --

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday sealed off parts of the southern West Bank district of Hebron in the wake of an attack against illegal Israeli settlers in the area which killed four.

Deputy mayor of Bani Na'im Raja Ziadat, a village close to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement, where the attack occurred, said a curfew was imposed at dawn after troops withdrew. He added that Israeli forces were deployed heavily throughout the district.

Israeli occupation forces are denying residents access to the village and barring vehicular travel on the Route 60 bypass road, the mayor said.

An Israeli occupation military spokesman confirmed the curfew, which he said it was implemented for security considerations. He added that Palestinians were told not to travel on Route 60 because of funerals taking place but no roadblocks had been put up.

Ziadat said forces raided the village's Red Crescent office and searched the Walid Maternity Hospital.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian Authority security source told Ma'an that two Palestinians were detained in Bani Na'im, identified as A’yed Hassan Manasreh and Faruq Hamad Manasre, after a search of their homes. The source said Faruq was beaten and A’yed was arrested.

The Israeli official was unable to comment on either the arrests or the raid.

The source added that Palestinian traffic out of Idhna, a village northeast of the city, was banned, but pedestrian access was available.

Israeli patrols were spotted in Ash-Shuyukh, Beit Ula, Sa'ir, Halhul and Nuba, the source added.

According to Agence-France Presse, Israeli army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and other generals were at the site of Tuesday's shooting conducting operational and intelligence assessments.

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