Injury of Three Citizens in an Attack by Settlers South of Hebron

SadaNews - Three citizens were injured today, Thursday, due to suffocation after being attacked by settlers in Masafar Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources reported that a group of armed settlers threw stones at a vehicle carrying several citizens near Khirbat al-Fakheit in Masafar Yatta, causing its windows to shatter and forcing it to stop.

The sources indicated that the settlers directly attacked its passengers by spraying pepper gas on their faces, resulting in severe suffocation and skin irritation for Imad Ragheb Houshieh, Jibril Salameh, and Maher Younis, who were taken to a hospital for treatment.

In the same context, other settlers attacked the home of citizen Yusuf Shnaraan in the Wadi al-Raheem area with stones, resulting in broken windows and damage to its contents, but no injuries were reported.