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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Settlers attack, wound, several villagers near Hebron

[Friday, January 24, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded Palestinian communities in Bethlehem and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, broke into homes and searched them, kidnapping two Palestinians.

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In related news, Palestinian medical sources said that several Palestinian villagers have been wounded after a number of fanatic Israeli settlers attacked them in Um Al-Kheir village, east of Yatta, south of the Hebron district.

Eyewitnesses stated that the settlers came from the Karmiel illegal settlement; two of the wounded Palestinians have been identified as Maleeha Hathaleen, 57, and Bilal Hathaleen, 27.

On Thursday evening, several Palestinians were wounded by Israeli rubber-coated metal bullets, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, after several Israeli military jeeps invaded the Zahrat Al-Mada’en Girls Schools area, in Beit Ummar.