Illegal Israeli Settler Attacks Palestinian Farmers in Bethlehem, Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Issawiya Neighborhood in Jerusalem

IOF attack Palestinians in Issawiya district in O. Jerusalem

[ 05/09/2010 - 11:37 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation forces provided with aerial cover stormed at dawn Sunday Issawiya district in occupied Jerusalem firing rubber bullets, stun and tear gas grenades at Palestinian homes.

Consequently, violent clashes broke between the invading troops and Palestinian young men, which led the Israeli side to open fire at the angry crowds more intensively.

Eyewitnesses said that three Israeli soldiers were wounded when they were ambushed during the clashes by a group of young men.

Illegal Israeli settler savagely attacks seven Palestinian farmers in Bethlehem

[ 05/09/2010 - 11:22 AM ]

BETHLEHEM, (PIC)--

Seven Palestinian farmers in Bethlehem were wounded and transferred to hospital at dawn Saturday after the tractor they were on was deliberately hit by an illegal Israeli settler driving a speeding car, according to local sources.

The tractor was moving slowly from Al-Khader town to nearby agricultural lands when an Israeli settler aboard a car spotted the farmers and stepped on the gas to crash into their vehicle.

The farmers sustained serious and light injuries and was taken to the Arab society's hospital in Beit Jala.

Witnesses affirmed that the Israeli occupation forces rushed to scene to protect the settler who was not hurt and sealed off the area.

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