HEBRON, May 16, 2011 (WAFA) - Israeli settlers attacked the village of Tuba, south of Hebron, Sunday night damaged property, and killed and stole several sheep belonging to the Ali Awad family, Monday said a press release by an international rights group.

Palestinians of Tuba reported that they counted seven masked settlers, who entered and left the village on foot, and saw two cars at the outskirts of Tuba, near the chicken barns of Ma'on settlement, said the Christian Peacemaker Teams.

The rampaging settlers stole seven sheep, killed two, and injured others, including one which lost an eye. In addition, the settlers upended three water tanks, which held a total of 4.5 cubic meters of water. They destroyed fences, punctured a storage tent and three large sacks of yogurt, damaged a goat pen and destroyed the ventilation pipe of an outhouse.

Around midnight on Sunday, internationals from Christian Peacemaker Teams received a call from a Tuba resident to report the settler attack and request help in urging the Israeli police to come to Tuba.

The police refused to go to the village because no one there could speak to them in Hebrew, said the CPT. Two Israeli soldiers arrived in Tuba on Monday morning, but did not speak Arabic and so could not communicate with the villagers.

Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove have maintained an international presence in At-Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills since 2004.

M.A.