Palestinian attacked in Israeli settlement

March 17, 2011 06:41 pm | Updated September 30, 2016 11:50 pm IST - JERUSALEM

A Palestinian man says he was attacked by masked men inside a Jewish West Bank settlement.

Palestinian labourer Sami Snobar says at least eight Hebrew—speaking men approached him at a construction site where he was working on Thursday and asked him what he was doing there.

He says he was hit on the head and body with a construction tool and a cinder block, and also sprayed. Snobar spoke from a Palestinian hospital. The incident took place in the Shiloh settlement.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says two Palestinian labourers and a Jewish man were attacked on Thursday with a screwdriver and pepper spray before fleeing. He says the motive was unclear.

There have been multiple cases of violence against Palestinians since five members of a settler family were killed over the weekend.

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