AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Jewish settlers assaulted Wednesday a 44-year-old Palestinian woman in the Old City of Al-Khalil in the latest surge in settler attacks in the West Bank.
She was admitted to the local government hospital where she was being treated for minor injuries including scattered bruises, according to medics.
In a separate incident, Jewish settlers stoned a bus of Palestinians slated to visit family members in the Israeli Negev prison.
The bus was held up for an hour at Negev Junction as the assailants hurled stones and made derogatory remarks. No police arrived at the scene.
Elsewhere, a large group of settlers gathered at Mevo Dotan checkpoint west of Jenin the northern West Bank in an attempt to storm nearby Araba vilage.
The attack was foiled by Israeli soldiers who were in the area and detained Palestinian motorists at the checkpoint.
A similar group of settlers gathered at the same checkpoint in a thwarted attempt to attack nearby Ya’bad village on Tuesday evening.
Hamas MPs in the West Bank have condemned the recent surge in attacks against Palestinian citizens in a statement on Wednesday, accusing Israeli soldiers of providing protection for them.
The statement also criticizes the security arrangements between the Israeli security services and those of the Palestinian Authority, saying that the attacks prove that the security relations were only for the interest of the security of the Israelis and not for Palestinians, as claimed by PA executives.
The statement calls on the PA security forces to fulfill its obligations in defending Palestinian civilians against repeated settler attacks.
Settlers assault Al-Khalil woman in recent surge in attacks
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