Yitzhar: Masked settlers assault Arab

Arab truck driver accidentally arrives at West Bank settlement; while waiting for security officer, some 30 settlers begin hurling stones at him. Man escapes unharmed

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"Several settlers, some of them masked, assaulted an Israeli Arab at the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar on Tuesday evening. Police did not arrest any suspects.

The man arrived at the settlement in his truck, after apparently losing his way. A soldier at the entrance to the settlement asked him what he was doing there, and the man answered that he had come to work. The soldier called the security officer, but in the meantime some 30 settlers, some of them masked, gathered around the man and began hurling stones at him.

The man managed to escape unharmed, but his truck suffered damage. Police estimated that the driver planned to drive to a different settlement, but lost his way and arrived at Yitzhar."

Palestinian residents of Ein Abus village complain that settlers arrived at village by night, set three cars on fire and fled back to settlement. Yitzhar spokesman denies allegations

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"Unknown assailants set on fire during the night three vehicles at the Palestinian village of Ein Abus near the settlement of Yitzhar in Samaria. Police forces raided the settlement, but made no arrests.

According to the police, a village resident complained that three Yitzhar settlers arrived at the village, torched three vehicles and a tractor and fled by car to the settlement. The villager claimed he chased the perpetrators up to the settlement's entrance and then called the police.

Samaria District policemen arrived at the place and conducted searches in Yitzahr. A vehicle matching the eyewitness' description was found. The police continues its investigation in a bid to apprehend the people behind the crime.

Thursday's incident is the second violent episode Yitzhar residents were allegedly involved in. on Tuesday, some thirty settlers hurled stones at an Israeli-Arab truck driver who arrived at the community's gate."