HEBRON, July 10, 2026 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians, including women and children, sustained bruises and suffered from pepper spray inhalation on Friday after Israeli colonists attacked a family in the Hawara area, east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli occupation forces later detained three Palestinians during the incident, according to local sources.
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh told WAFA that a group of armed Israeli colonists attacked the family of Ibrahim Ismail al-Jabour while they were on their land near their home in the Hawara area. The colonists beat family members and sprayed pepper spray in their faces.
The assault injured Ibrahim al-Jabour, an elderly man, along with six members of his family: Fatima, Souad, Rawaa and Rahaf al-Jabour, as well as two children, Mustafa and Habiba al-Jabour. All were taken to Yatta Government Hospital for treatment.
Israeli occupation forces then stormed the area, assaulted local residents and detained Qassem Ibrahim al-Jabour, Yasser Yousef al-Jabour and Ibrahim Omar al-Jabour.
The attack comes amid a rise in assaults by Israeli colonists against Palestinian communities in the Masafer Yatta region, where repeated attacks on people, homes and agricultural land have been frequently reported in recent years.
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