Jewish settlers assault Palestinian couple in Al-Khalil

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A group of Jewish settlers assaulted and wounded a Palestinian man and his wife in Al-Khalil on Saturday while Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two citizens in Halhoul town near the city.Palestinian security sources told Quds Press that settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement, established on Palestinian land in Al-Khalil, severely beat up Mohammed Al-Qaimeri and his wife in Ras area, which is close to the settlement.They said that Palestinian ambulance crews rushed to the area and transferred the couple to hospital where their wounds were described as moderate.Meanwhile, IOF soldiers stormed the town of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, at dawn Saturday and set up roadblocks at entrances to other villages in the province.Local sources said that IOF soldiers detained 17-year-old Qusay Qawasme and 19-year-old Ala’a Al-Arja in Halhoul./149