Dozens of Israeli armed settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, attacked yesterday Palestinian shepherds and residents of the village of al-Tiwani, in Masafer Yatta to the south of Hebron, according to Palestine News Agency.
Coordinator of the protection and steadfastness committees in Masafer Yatta, Fouad al-Amour, said dozens of armed settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Maon attacked with gunfire Palestinian shepherds and residents of al-Tiwani village.
Settlers reportedly chased, and attacked with stones the village residents and shepherds and beat them up with clubs, injuring a local resident before he was detained by the army soldiers who prevented the Red Crescent medics from providing him with medical aid.
Settlers also slashed the tires of the Red Crescent ambulance in plain sight of the Israeli forces who did nothing to stop them.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
