|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5050069,00.html
Palestinians in West Bank Attack Israeli Children with Rocks, Israeli Shoots Rioter
(Ynet News) An Israeli shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday who was among a group of Palestinian rioters throwing rocks at a group of Israeli children touring an area in Samaria on a bar mitzvah trip. "Dozens of Palestinians threw stones and rocks at us, we were in a life-threatening situation, and we were trying to protect the children," said one of the children's fathers, who shot the Palestinian. "I had to shoot in self-defense. I hope common sense prevails and people understand what happened here." "We were hiking in an open area, near the road. Some 200 meters from Highway 5 and the Alon road, we were attacked by dozens of Arabs with stones, rocks and clubs. We were busy protecting the children, and I got hit in the head with a stone. The second father was also wounded....I tried to keep them away by shooting into the air, and it didn't help, they kept coming closer." He noted there were two Palestinians who tried to protect him and the children, but "30 others just tried to lynch (us)." The second father who accompanied the trip said he took the children into a nearby cave to protect them from the barrage of stones. One of the children said the Palestinians "started threatening us with a gun, throwing stones at us, told us 'give us your bags, give us your phones.' They swore at us, slapped us, punched us."