AL-TUWANI, January 26, 2010 (WAFA)- Around 15 settlers from the Israeli settlement of Ma'on and the Israeli outpost of Havat Ma'on attacked, today, Palestinians in the village of Al-Tuwani, near Hebron, accompanied by Israeli soldiers in three army jeeps and the settlement security agent of Ma'on.

Villages from Al-Tuwani arrived, protesting the settlers coming into their village. An Israeli soldier punched a Palestinian villager, who was hospitalized for his injuries. Immediately thereafter, Israeli settlers began throwing stones at the Palestinian villagers while soldiers fired three canisters of tear gas at Palestinians.

Afterwards, the settlers drove to the entrance of Al-Tuwani, and began throwing stones at passers-by on the road.

The day's incident began in the morning when three army jeeps and a pickup truck with an Israeli settler from Havat Ma'on and the settlement security guard from Ma'on drove into Al-Tuwani. The settler walked throughout the village, entering Palestinian homes, accompanied by the soldiers and settlement security guard, and then remained in the village and made phone calls until other settlers arrived.