HEBRON, November 2, 2011 (WAFA) - A group of Jewish settlers Wednesday attacked and ransacked Palestinian homes in Al Baqa'a area, east of Hebron in the southern West Bank, according to local sources.

Local residents said that group of settlers from Kiryat Arba and Kharsena nearby settlements, accompanied by Israeli soldiers and police dogs, attacked the houses, forces the residents out, inspected the houses and ransacked them.

Settlers broke windows of the houses and several windshields of Palestinian vehicles in the area, added the residents.

They called on the Palestinian Authority to oversee the situation in the area, which has been targeted by settlers to force its Palestinian residents out, so as to take over the land and expand their settlements.

In a related matter, a group of settlers from Itamar settlement, southeast of Nablus, set fire to a Palestinian's tractor in the nearby village of Aqraba on Tuesday night, according to local activist.
 
Ghassan Daghlas, an activist monitoring settlement activities in the northern West Bank, warned from further settlers' attacks in Nablus after the Israeli authorities decided to close a religious school in Yitzhar settlement south of the city.
 
He called on Palestinians to take precautious measures from the attacks.

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