Five Palestinians, mostly women and children, are injured in an extremist settler attack on Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, the WAFA news agency reports.
They suffered various levels of bruising, the report says, citing a local Palestinian activist, who said that the victims were two women, two young men, and a child.
Footage from the village also shows a group of settlers harassing a Palestinian woman, and kicking her while she sits on the ground. It is unclear if the woman seen in the video is among those reported as injured.
Elsewhere in the South Hebron Hills, WAFA says settlers vandalized a Palestinian home in Masafer Yatta, and threw stones at a moving vehicle, causing moderate damage. No injuries were reported.
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