Palestine Today 091009

An Israeli settler attack leaves ten Palestinians injured as the Israeli military kidnaps eight others in morning invasions in the West Bank. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.

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Ten Palestinians were wounded when a group of fundamentalist settlers attacked several Palestinians shortly after the Israeli army evacuated dozens of settlers from a tent outpost in the southern West Bank.
The settlers targeted homes close to the Susia illegal settlement, south of Yatta, near Hebron. They attacked Palestinians living in tents on their own lands, while the army looked on.
The ten residents suffered concussion and bruising after being violently beaten by the settlers. The residents are from Khirbit Susia, a small village close to the illegal Susia outpost. The residents have faced repeated attacks by the settlers who are trying to force them out in order to expand their illegal settlement outpost.
In related news, a group of Israeli settlers destroyed farm lands belonging to farmers from Azon Atmah, in the northern West Bank on Thursday at dawn. The villagers said the settlers came from the nearby Orint settlement. They added that the settlers set fire to around 25 acres of farm land. The lands are located on the Israeli controlled side of the wall, near the illegal Israeli settlement.

Also today one Palestinian civilian was injured and eight others kidnapped during Israeli military attacks targeting a number of West Bank communities. According to local sources, twenty-five-year-old Mussa Dawud, was injured near his home in Yatta, in the southern West Bank when Israeli troops opened fire on him.

Meanwhile Israeli military invasions targeted Ramallah city, in the central West Bank, Tulkarem, in the north as well as Jericho. Local sources said that the Israeli military searched homes before kidnapping the eight men.

Israeli army radio announced that those kidnapped were on a wanted list adding that they have been moved to military detention camps for questioning.

In June the Israeli military said it would stop its invasions into the cities of Ramallah and Qalqilia, as well as Bethlehem and Jericho. However, to date, attacks targeting these cities continue.

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