Inhuman Settlers attack 7-year-old girl in Al Khalil hills

Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family in the south Al Khalil hills on Thursday, injuring a seven-year-old girl, a peace group said.

At midday on Thursday, two settlers riding a quad bike attacked four children and their mother with stones as they were returning from school to the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al-Abeed, Operation Dove said.

A seven-year-old was hit by a stone and fell while attempting to escape, injuring her head. She required five stitches for her wound.

The family was attacked while using the only available path without requiring a military escort, which usually accompanies children from Tuba and Maghayir al-Abeed to their school due to the threat of settler violence.

The settlers were reportedly from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon, one of the most radical settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Settler outposts in the south Al Khalil hills have an adverse effect on local Palestinian communities through a combination of physical violence and restrictions on movement.

Palestinians in the south Al Khalil hills suffer from extreme electricity and water shortages and face violent intimidation from the Israeli army and radical settlers.