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Unknown assailants hurl brick at car in West Bank, injuring 7-year-old Palestinian girl
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: West Bank, Settlements 

A Palestinian woman and her 7-year-old daughter were wounded Friday when unknown assailants hurled a brick at their car as it was passing the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.

Security officials in the area told Haaretz the incident is severe, and they will investigate suspicions that the assailants are settlers who live in the area.

Local authorities in the area of Judea and Samaria where the incident took place met with police Friday to demand they bring the assailants to justice.
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Civilian authorities allowed the mother and daughter to drive to Tel Aviv for medical treatment at Ichilov Hospital. The two victims, residents of Ramallah, were visiting relatives in Tul Karm and were on their way home when the incident took place.

Recent weeks have seen an upturn in the number of reports of violent incidents against Palestinians by West Bank settlers.

This week, two Italian peace activists issued a complaint that they and a group of Palestinian children were attacked by settlers. The activists were reportedly escorting the children home from Summer camp outside Hebron, even though the children were supposed to have been escorted by IDF troops due to recent episodes of violence by settlers.

In July, a video was released of a settler kicking a Palestinian who was tied to a telephone pole at the time.

In June, a Palestinian shepherd issued a complaint that he was attacked outside Yitzhar by a group of settlers who hurled rocks at him and stabbed his donkey. A few days before that incident, a video was released of three masked settlers from Susya with sticks and clubs attacking three members of the same family in the southern Hebron Hills on the evening of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

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      1.   What is so "unknown" about these assailants? 22:47  |  Esther 01/08/08
      2.   When is this going to get fixed 23:07  |  Dave Duncan 01/08/08
      3.   Rocks and Rockets 23:55  |  Jasper 01/08/08
      4.   Jasper the problem with your comment 00:11  |  Dave Duncan 02/08/08
      5.   The Settler Problem 00:38  |  Sam 02/08/08
      6.   Dave Duncan #2 00:38  |  Maki 02/08/08
      7.   The shoe is now on the other foot 00:46  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/08/08
      8.   # 3 Jasper`s Rocks and Rockets 01:01  |  Milo 02/08/08
      9.   YAWN 01:12  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/08/08
      10.   Why were they allowed into Israeli hospital in TA? 01:29  |  Absolute Sweden 02/08/08
      11.   Behold the Proud Jewish Resistance 02:38  |  Terry 02/08/08
      12.   #7 Milo 03:21  |  Jasper 02/08/08
      13.   Haredi settlers are immoral & harming Israel 04:00  |  Nathaniel 02/08/08
      14.   sticks and stones 04:08  |  Bob 02/08/08
      15.   dont care dont care 04:41  |  vik 02/08/08
      16.   Deport Them To Gaza 04:57  |  Bill Foonman 02/08/08
      17.   Our Israeli friends apeear very satisfied with this attack. 05:05  |  Ibrahim 02/08/08
      18.   A taste of their own medicine 05:07  |  Connie 02/08/08
      19.   JASPER 06:33  |  shoshanna 02/08/08
      20.   something must be done about those lunatic settlers 06:55  |  rm 02/08/08
      21.   # 15 to vik in NEW YORK re: settlers 07:19  |  eric 02/08/08
      22.   "IF" this brick was indeed thrown by settler/s 07:39  |  eric 02/08/08
      23.   POS Terrorist Israeli SQUATTERS 08:36  |  POP 02/08/08
      24.   Doing the government`s job 08:39  |  Moshe 02/08/08
      25.   The face of Israel exposed 08:40  |  Natallie Durson 02/08/08
      26.   Ibrahim #17 08:46  |  Philippe 02/08/08
      27.   Not News worthy when Arabs throw bricks 08:47  |  Baruch Gold 02/08/08
      28.   Dave Duncan 08:49  |  Philippe 02/08/08
      29.   Maki # 6 08:53  |  Philippe 02/08/08
      30.   Esther 09:34  |  Ellis 02/08/08
      31.   Unknown assailants ????????????? 09:51  |  MONTREAL CANADIAN 02/08/08
      32.   Ibrahim says Palestinian violence is sacred 09:54  |  Iz Ray Leigh 02/08/08
      33.   Nauseating 10:52  |  Clickfool 02/08/08
      34.   The Mighty Jewish Resistance.... 11:33  |  Palestinian Brit 02/08/08
      35.   ITZHAR and Co. 11:47  |  amihai 02/08/08
      36.   Why all the Fuss about a Rock? 12:03  |  FOX 02/08/08
      37.   Settlers 12:36  |  Nick 02/08/08
      38.   More Perspective 12:46  |  Alan 02/08/08
      39.   History forgotten 12:55  |  Alan 02/08/08
      40.   Fox, it is not that simple 14:02  |  Ben Alofs 02/08/08
      41.   Ben Alofs using children as fodder 15:19  |  FOX 02/08/08
      42.   to Ben Alofs 15:38  |  rm 02/08/08
      43.   Look at this!!! 15:41  |  Big fag 02/08/08
      44.   fox 41 16:05  |  potobac 02/08/08
      45.   Ibrahim.....I thought you were intelligent 17:15  |  Lynn 02/08/08
      46.   "peace activisits" = ISM? 17:47  |  S 02/08/08
      47.   Time for U.S. to bow out? 18:16  |  clockwatcher 02/08/08
      48.   S we would call ISM `active passivists` 18:28  |  x-ray 02/08/08
      49.   Fox, why children resist 18:53  |  Ben Alofs 02/08/08
      50.   YAWN #9 18:55  |  Stella Westwell 02/08/08
      51.   re #11 `Behold...` 19:06  |  Colin Wright 02/08/08
      52.   Bob = Sticks and Stones 19:06  |  Stella Westwell 02/08/08
      53.   Lynn is that the best you can do? 19:24  |  Ibrahim 02/08/08
      54.   Phillipe, the story is about Settler Violence? 19:28  |  Ibrahim 02/08/08
      55.   Phillippe to Maki... 20:49  |  Ibrahim 02/08/08
      56.   Last time my car was hit, where was the headline? 22:56  |  Ilan 02/08/08
      57.   Reaping what they sowed 23:59  |  Allon 02/08/08
      58.   Time for disengagement 00:32  |  marilyn 03/08/08
      59.   enough already 00:54  |  Stuart 03/08/08
      60.   enough already? 02:30  |  rm 03/08/08
      61.   Fox, great posts! 03:02  |  Free Gilad Shalit 03/08/08
      62.   Ilan - It`s ok for your car to get hit 03:10  |  Free Gilad Shalit 03/08/08
      63.   Israeli terrorist settlers and lack of control by IDF. 03:53  |  Maureen Ann 03/08/08
      64.   Yawn # 9 Israelis should do what Pals do, ok 03:56  |  American in NY 03/08/08