West Bank & Jerusalem
Armed settlers burn Palestinian home south of Hebron
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Armed settlers set fire to a Palestinian home in the Khallat al-Farra area west of Yatta early Thursday, with a family of five asleep inside at the time, Shehab Wire reported. The family escaped the blaze, according to the agency's correspondent.
Five armed settlers carried out the attack. The incident marks the latest in a pattern of settler violence targeting Palestinian properties in the southern Hebron hills.
