A Jewish settler was ambushed by club-wielding Palestinians near Kiryat Arba on Thursday evening, Army Radio reported, and in a separate incident Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces rescued a woman in her 20s who had been taken to Hebron by relatives.
Stone-throwing follows club attack on settler near Kiryat Arba; woman rescued from Hebron
A Jewish settler was ambushed by club-wielding Palestinians near Kiryat Arba on Thursday evening, Army Radio reported, and in a separate incident Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces rescued a woman in her 20s who had been taken to Hebron by relatives.
The settler who was ambushed alerted authorities, prompting the Kiryat Arba police chief to go to the scene, Army Radio said. Upon his arrival, he was struck by stones and sustained a slight head injury. He then fired shots into the air, after which the assailants fled, according to the report.
In the second incident, a woman in her 20s living in central Israel had been forcibly taken to the West Bank city of Hebron by her relatives, according to a police statement cited by KAN. Israeli police, Israel Defense Forces troops, and Palestinian Authority police participated in the rescue operation.
During the operation, forces deployed outside Hebron stopped a suspicious vehicle and alerted police, after which the woman was located, KAN reported. The woman was in good health at the time of her rescue, police said. Her relatives were detained and are to be transferred to the Tel Aviv district for further investigation, police added.
- The source does not state the identity or any further details about the settler who was ambushed near Kiryat Arba.
- The source does not state the number of assailants involved in the club attack or their identities.
- The source does not state the condition or identity of the Kiryat Arba police chief beyond that he sustained a slight head injury.
- The source does not state the specific family relationship of the relatives who took the woman to Hebron.
- The source does not state what charges, if any, the detained relatives face.
- The source does not state whether the two incidents are considered related by authorities.
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