Israeli Settlers Stab a Palestinian Boy, Attack an Ambulance Crew

23 September 2007

by Rami Almeghari

A number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, stabbed a Palestinian boy near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba’, to the east of the city.

Israeli settlers/ archive photo

Palestinian medical sources identified the victim as Mohammad Abdelkarim Aseela, 15 year-old, and said he was attacked with a sharp tool, for which he was evacuated to the aL-Ahli hospital of Hebron.

The medics confirmed Aseela sustained critical bruises in his body along with a bleeding in his back.

Witnesses said that the boy was stabbed when he was passing by the Kiryat Arba; settlement.

A number of settlers attacked him with knives and sharp tools and beat him very severely, witnesses added.

In the meantime, other settlers from the Nikodim settlement, to the east of Bethlehem city in the West Bank, attacked yesterday a Palestinian ambulance crew, leaving bruises in the body of Mohammad Abu Ajmiya, local sources and witnesses confirmed

Witnesses added that at least seven Israeli settlers attacked the ambulance near the said settlement, while the ambulance’s driver managed to flee the scene to a nearby Palestinian house.

Israeli settlements on the West Bank lands are regarded illegal by the international law. Israel has been called frequently to dismantle illegal settlements and halt settlement activities.