Aug. 4, 2016 4:19 P.M. (Updated: Aug. 5, 2016 10:15 A.M.)
Bedouin shepherds walk past tents set up in the Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho. (AFP/File)
RAMALLAH
(Ma'an) -- A group of Israeli settlers attacked and beat a Palestinian
girl in the village of Rammun in the eastern part of the occupied West
Bank district of Ramallah on Thursday, according to Palestinian locals and an Israeli police spokesperson. The
Palestinian girl, who was herding sheep in the village at the time,
sustained injuries after the incident, while 11 of her sheep were
reportedly stabbed by the Israeli settlers, locals told Ma’an. Several
of the sheep died of their stab wounds.The attack took place near the Bedouin communities located in eastern Ramallah, on the road between Ramallah and Jericho. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba
al-Samri confirmed the incident in a statement, saying that Israeli
police had received a notice from Palestinian authorities that a
Palestinian girl was attacked on Thursday morning by a group of masked
men, before the men fled the area and set fire to nearby bushes.
Al-Samri added that the Palestinian girl had filed a complaint and Israeli police were currently investigating the incident. Settler
attacks on Palestinians and their property are a near daily occurrence
in the West Bank, where Palestinians are surrounded by some 500,000 to
600,000 Israeli settlers residing in at least 196 settlements on
occupied Palestinian territory. Since the start of 2016,
some 71 attacks have already been reported, with at least 221 attacks
carried out in 2015, according to UN documentation. However, the number
is likely much higher, as many attacks on Palestinians often go
unreported.
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