Beit Hadassah, Hebron city center: Israeli settlers again attack houses with stones in front of soldiers. Two climb onto roof of neighboring Palestinian house and beat a teenaged boy

On Wednesday, 1 December 2022, around 6:00 P.M., about eight settlers threw stones from the rooftop of the Beit Hadassah settlement, in the center of Hebron, at neighboring Palestinian homes. Two of the settlers then climbed onto the roof of the Sidr family home, which is located next door, and attacked Wadi’ Sidr (17) with a club, causing bruises all over his body. Soldiers who were on the roof of the settlement politely tried to get the settlers to leave. An officer spoke with one of the settlers who attacked Sidr but did not arrest them.

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