Illegal Israeli settlers took over today the rooftop of a Palestinian-owned house today in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeideh in the Old City of Hebron, according to local sources. Ghassan Saheb, the house owner, told WAFA that a group of Israeli Jewish settlers occupied and took over the rooftop of his house in the neighborhood. He said the rooftop has been used by the Israeli occupation army as a military outpost, but this time it is the settlers who are taking control of the rooftop. The city of Hebron is home to roughly 200,000 Palestinians and about 800 notoriously aggressive Israeli settlers who live in colonial compounds in the heart of the city, heavily guarded by Israeli troops. Israel has expelled the only international monitors protecting Hebron’s Palestinians from the 800 heavily guarded settlers, one of whom committed the 1994 massacre that triggered their deployment. Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by the Israeli occupation authorities.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA