On 14 May 2022, at around 3:00 P.M., teens in the yard of the Beit Hadassah settlement swore at several children from the Sidr family, whose home lies opposite. After the children went inside, the settler teens started picking on Sa’ed Sidr (18), a relative of theirs. The teens swore at him, too, and an argument ensued. The settlers then started throwing stones at the family’s home, while a soldier in a nearby observation post stood by. Nabil Sidr (5) was injured in the face and taken to hospital. Soldiers who arrived hurled two stun grenades at the steps of the family’s home and detained Nisrin Sidr’s husband, Shadi (40), for about 10 minutes.
In a testimony she gave B’Tselem field researcher Manal al-Ja’bari, Nisrin Sidr (33), the children’s mother, recounted:
I live on a-Shalala Street with my husband Shadi (40) and our seven children: Salwa (13), Zeinab (12), Maryam (11), Aya (9), Nabil (5), Muhammad (3) and Asinat (2). That day, I got home from work at around 3:00 P.M. and found my kids sitting on the front steps. About 10 settlers between the ages of 13 and 16 were swearing at them from inside the courtyard of the Beit Hadassah settlement. I ignored the settlers and took the children inside to avoid trouble.
As soon as we set foot inside the house and I closed the door, I heard screaming outside. I looked out the window overlooking Beit Hadassah and saw the settlers swearing at my husband’s nephew Sa’ed (18). He swore back at them, and the settlers started throwing stones at our home. I called my husband, Shadi, who arrived within minutes and started yelling at the soldier at the observation post in Beit Hadassah, who wasn’t preventing the settlers from throwing stones at us.
When the children heard their father’s voice outside, they went out and one of the stones hit Nabil in the face, under his right eye. Nabil screamed and cried. Meanwhile, more soldiers came to the roof of Beit Hadassah. I don’t know if Palestinians youths threw stones at the settlers at that point, but the soldier in the observation post threw two stun grenades at the steps of our house. The children got a fright and screamed and cried, and Shadi started shouting at the soldier. Six soldiers arrived and led Shadi away, out of my eyesight. Shadi came back 10 minutes later, and then we ordered a Red Crescent ambulance that took Nabil and his father to ‘Alia Hospital in Hebron. At the hospital, Nabil was examined and no fractures were found, so he was discharged.