Israeli settlers injure two elderly men near Hebron in West Bank

Wafa news agency is reporting that armed Israeli settlers assaulted and injured two elderly men in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

The settlers were under the protection of Israeli soldiers when assaulted residents in the al-Quraynat area of Surif, injuring Abdullah Ghneimat, 82, and his brother Ibrahim, 72, the agency said.

The settlers also set fire to a vehicle and smashed the windows of two homes in the neighbourhood, according to Hazem Ghneimat, the mayor of Surif.