Israeli settlers assault Palestinian youth, attack vehicles

NABLUS  (Palestine Foundation Information Center)  Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian young man in Kisan village to the east of Bethlehem while other groups of settlers attacked and damaged Palestinian vehicles in burin village, south of Nablus, on Thursday.

Local sources in Kisan said that the settlers beat up the 19-year-old teen Mohammed Saleh and unleashed a dog at him.

Director of Ambulance and Emergency in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem Abdulhalim Ja’afra said that the youth was carried to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital for treatment of dog bites.

In Burin, dozens of Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near the settlement of Yitzhar, which was built on Palestinian land, according to local sources.