Jewish Settlers Raid 2 Palestinian Elementary Schools


Jewish settlers, escorted by Israeli army, routinely raid Palestinian villages and schools. (Photo: via ActiveStills.org)

A group of Jewish settlers attempted to raid two Palestinian elementary schools, on Tuesday afternoon, in the Tuqu village, southeast of the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem.
Locals told Ma’an that heavily armed Israeli forces escorted a group of Jewish settlers, who were gathered holding Israeli flags near the two mixed elementary schools, attempted to break in.


Sources mentioned that teachers and school staff prevented Israeli settlers from entering the premises and closed the main gates.
The attack caused panic among the students, forcing the two schools to dismiss them early, in fear that the Israeli settlers would become violent.
No injuries were reported.


It is noteworthy that the Palestinian Ministry of Education released its annual report for 2017 documenting the Israeli government’s violations against Palestinian education, saying that 80,279 Palestinian children and 4,929 teachers and staff were “attacked” by Jewish settlers or soldiers.
According to the report, nine students were killed, while 603 students and 55 teachers and school employees sustained wounds during Israeli raids into schools or by being run over by Israeli military jeeps, while dozens of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear-gas fired by Israeli forces against them.
(Ma’an, PC, Social Media)

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