Publié le 18 mars 2011 sur le site .maannews.net
Snobar receives treatment in Ramallah [MaanImages]
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Masked settlers attacked two Palestinian construction workers and an Israeli security guard at a West Bank settlement on Thursday, lightly wounding them, settler officials and police said.
The settlers attacked workers with knives, pipes and pepper spray, leaving one man hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Sami Snobar, 33, was injured when a group of Shilo settlers accosted him, beating him severely and causing a concussion and injuries to his back. The resident of Yetma village works in Shilo, and was on his way to work.
"Masked Jews attacked Arab workers at a building site inside the settlement, also harming the Jewish guard," said a statement from the Shilo settlement in the northern West Bank where the attack occurred.
The statement said the attackers were not from Shilo and the motivation behind the attack was not completely clear.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said investigators were looking into several different motives for the attack.
Israeli media said it appeared to be linked to a dispute over whether to hire Palestinians to work on settlements.
The masked assailants reportedly used pepper spray and hit one of the workers with a metal bar. He received treatment at the site from Israeli medics.
"We condemn any use of illegal violence," said the statement from Shilo.
The attack comes amid rising tensions after Israeli officials blamed Palestinian militants for stabbing to death a family of five as they slept in their beds in a nearby settlement. Some settler groups have vowed to take revenge against Palestinians.
No suspects have been identified in the murder of the family, as the investigation remains under gag order in Israel. Ma'an learned that at least 40 men from the neighboring village of Awarta were detained, and Thai workers were questioned.
Palestinian official in charge of settlement affairs Maher Ghoneim condemned the latest settler attack, saying Israeli officials were responsible for protecting civilians from violence.
Also Thursday, at least 100 olive trees were ripped out and four water tankers ruined by what witnesses said was a mob of at least a dozen settlers.
On a hilltop between the Nablus-district villages of Beita and Aquraba, some four kilometers south of the Israeli settlement of Itamar, the area known as Al-Arma lay in ruins.
The settlers attacked workers with knives, pipes and pepper spray, leaving one man hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Sami Snobar, 33, was injured when a group of Shilo settlers accosted him, beating him severely and causing a concussion and injuries to his back. The resident of Yetma village works in Shilo, and was on his way to work.
"Masked Jews attacked Arab workers at a building site inside the settlement, also harming the Jewish guard," said a statement from the Shilo settlement in the northern West Bank where the attack occurred.
The statement said the attackers were not from Shilo and the motivation behind the attack was not completely clear.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said investigators were looking into several different motives for the attack.
Israeli media said it appeared to be linked to a dispute over whether to hire Palestinians to work on settlements.
The masked assailants reportedly used pepper spray and hit one of the workers with a metal bar. He received treatment at the site from Israeli medics.
"We condemn any use of illegal violence," said the statement from Shilo.
The attack comes amid rising tensions after Israeli officials blamed Palestinian militants for stabbing to death a family of five as they slept in their beds in a nearby settlement. Some settler groups have vowed to take revenge against Palestinians.
No suspects have been identified in the murder of the family, as the investigation remains under gag order in Israel. Ma'an learned that at least 40 men from the neighboring village of Awarta were detained, and Thai workers were questioned.
Palestinian official in charge of settlement affairs Maher Ghoneim condemned the latest settler attack, saying Israeli officials were responsible for protecting civilians from violence.
Also Thursday, at least 100 olive trees were ripped out and four water tankers ruined by what witnesses said was a mob of at least a dozen settlers.
On a hilltop between the Nablus-district villages of Beita and Aquraba, some four kilometers south of the Israeli settlement of Itamar, the area known as Al-Arma lay in ruins.
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