HEBRON, Tuesday, July 02, 2024 (WAFA) – Two Palestinians today sustained injuries in an Israeli army assault in the Old City of Hebron, according to eyewitnesses.

They said that the occupation soldiers manning the permanently staffed checkpoint on Shuhada Street brutally beat two people, including an elderly, inflicting wounds and bruises across their bodies.

The casualties were rushed to a hospital for urgent treatment.

With the exception of the students and teachers of the Qortoba School, Palestinians are not allowed to go through to a-Shuhada Street, which has been closed since the 1994 massacre. A metal gate at the checkpoint prevents passage.

The street is located in the Israeli-controlled area of the old town, known as H2, where several hundred extremist Jewish settlers are based. Israel heavily restricts movement and activity of Palestinians in H2 area while allowing the settlers free movement and access.

The city of Hebron, which houses the Ibrahimi Mosque, is home to roughly 160,000 Palestinian Muslims and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in compounds heavily guarded by Israeli troops.

Israel has expelled the only international monitors protecting Hebron’s Palestinians from 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment.

K.F.