HEBRON, PALESTINOW.COM — A group of Israeli settlers on Saturday physically assaulted the Palestinian child Muntaser al-Tamimi in the Old City in al-Khalil.
Local sources said that scores of Israeli settlers attacked the 10-year-old boy while he was crossing a street near the Ibrahimi Mosque and brutally beat him.
Al-Tamimi suffered some wounds and bruises and was transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli soldiers stationed at a nearby post did not intervene and let the settlers continue beating the child until Palestinian residents rushed to evacuate him.