Israeli settler's attack on Palestinian kid triggers clashes
An Israeli settler has attacked an eight-year-old Palestinian boy in a neighborhood of the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem), triggering violent clashes in the area, a local monitoring group says.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the incident happened late on Friday evening after the extremist settler attacked Zaid Abu Qweidir in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan neighborhood, Palestine's Ma'an news agency reported on Saturday.
According to the center, the clashes erupted after local residents intervened to save the boy.
Moments later, Israeli soldiers accompanied by dozens of settlers attacked Palestinians with pepper spray, tear gas canisters and stun grenades.
At least 15 Palestinian demonstrators were injured, some of them severely, during the clashes.
Sources say Israeli forces also fired a tear gas canister into a home housing five children.
Silwan is one of many Palestinian neighborhoods in East al-Quds that has seen an influx of Israeli settlers in recent years.
According to the Palestinian Authority, approximately 400 illegal Israeli settlers have taken over nearly 40 homes in Silwan over the past few years.
Israeli forces and settlers have in recent months stepped up attacks on Palestinians, which has led to violent confrontations between the two sides.
Israeli settlers have, in recent years, carried out various attacks, including arson, on Palestinian property in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.
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