Inhuman zionist Settlers Injure 6-year-old in South Al Khalil Hills with Stones

Masked Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Ma’on, south of Al Khalil, threw stones at Palestinian children and injured a six-year-old child, Saturday.

The child sustained a head injury and was taken to the nearest hospital for medical treatment, according to witnesses.

Al Khalil Defense Committee has reported that two masks settlers threw stones, on Saturday afternoon, at two children from Khirbet a-Tawil, southeast of Yatta town.

The Committee added that a child, identified as Sojoud ‘Awad, 6 years of age, was struck in the head, and one of her legs.

Settlers routinely carry out acts of violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank but are rarely held accountable, as Israeli occupation is often complicit in the attacks on Palestinians, their property and their lands, according to Israeli human rights organization B’tselem.

There were at least 329 incidents of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2014, as reported by the UNOCH.

The Ma’on settlement, home of the child’s attackers, is located in the South Al Khalil Hills, an area witness to ongoing tensions between Palestinian residents and settlers who reside there illegally according to international law.

Saturday’s incident occurred as recently reelected Netanyahu faces international criticism for openly denying the possibility of an independent Palestinian state, which he confirmed would never come into fruition if he was reelected.

Netanyahu’s Likud party garnered significant support from the right wing and settlement bloc, and critics argue Netanyahu’s policies encourage and facilitate rapid expansion of settlements and their protection.