Israeli troops abducted two Palestinian brothers and settlers attack another house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday morning.Troops broke into the home of the al-Tamimi family, searched it, and abducted Bilal and Mu’ath from their house that is adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Also, dozens of Israeli settlers threw stones and empty bottles at the house of Younis Idrees also close to Kiryat Arba. Idrees told media that at least fifty settlers took part in this assault, adding that the Israeli police arrived after the assailant settlers set the garden on fire.
Idrees also said that the police prevented the settlers from putting all the house on fire as they were trying to throw cooking gas jars inside the house, which could have killed all those inside the house. The settlers left behind serious damage to the interior and exterior of the property.
The settlers’ attacks come shortly after unknown gunmen opened fire at Israeli settlers near Hebron on Tuesday evening, killing four.
The Palestinian residents of the area are concerned about the series of retaliation attacks by the settlers.
