HEBRON/AL-KHALIL: Settlers attack family home on Shuhada Street
5 May 2011

At 3:15 p.m. on 3 May, CPT Hebron responded to a report of settlers attacking a
home above Shuhada Street. When CPTers arrived at the residence near Qurtuba
Girls School, they met local human rights activist Issa Amro. Together, they
spoke with family members, masons and other workers who had been repairing a
section of the home when the settlers attacked. They reported that thirty to
forty settlers, male and female, came down the hill behind the home and
destroyed a portion of the exterior face of a concrete block wall. The settlers
then attempted, unsuccessfully, to push part of the wall into the courtyard
below. Failing that, they threw stones, dirt and scrap wood into the courtyard
before leaving with over $400 worth of construction tools belonging to the
workmen.

According to the workers and the family, the Israeli military accompanied the
settlers and did nothing to stop the assault on the home. The police were
called, but never came to investigate.

The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) and the Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) also documented the
incident. EAPPI monitors the Qurtuba School area, in which Palestinian families
are especially vulnerable to attack by Israeli settlers.