From the Liveblog of
Thursday, September 3, 2015
American tourists attacked after making wrong turn in Hebron
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFive American tourists have been attacked after accidentally entering a Palestinian neighborhood of the West Bank city of Hebron.
A car the group of yeshiva students was riding in was hit by a Molotov cocktail, injuring one person inside.
חברון: 5 תיירים חרדים מארה״ב תעו בדרך ונקלעו להתפרעויות קשות. אחד מהם נפצע קל בפניו. הם הוכנסו על ידי פלסטיני לביתו pic.twitter.com/7kldmzAHgM
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13) September 3, 2015
The group was whisked away by a local, who let them hide in his house until Israel security forces arrived to extract them.
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Hebron, home to the Tomb of the Patriarch’s pilgrimage site, is divided between a small population of Israeli settlers and a larger population of Palestinians who control most of the city.
The Times of Israel Community.