HEBRON, February 10, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers and army prevented on Saturday the completion of maintenance works and seized the work equipment from a house in Shuhadaa Street in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, according to local sources.

Settlers raided the house of Mufid Sharabati in Shuhadaa Street and assaulted the workers who were executing maintenance works in the house, according to Sharabati’s brother, Zaidan. The settlers verbally insulted the workers and threatened to offend them in case they continue the maintenance works.

A few minutes later, Zaidan added, staff from the so-called Israeli Civil Administration and a military escort arrived at the scene and ordered the workers to stop the maintenance works, before they seized their equipment.

The house where maintenance was obstructed is located next to illegal Beit Hadassah settlement outpost in the heart of Hebron. Settlers from Beit Hadassah have repeatedly attacked and offended Palestinian citizens and their properties in an effort to drive them out of the area.

The Palestinian government has no jurisdiction over Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and acts carried out by Israeli settlers often occur in the presence of Israeli military forces who rarely act to protect Palestinian residents.

The majority of settler attacks committed against Palestinians are met with impunity, with Israelis rarely facing consequences for their assaulted.

M.N.