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Har Hevron District Council. Photo: Ariel Palmon via Wikimedia Commons.

JNS.org-Israel's Kan News reported on Wednesday evening that one Israeli and two Palestinians were injured in violent clashes in the Hebron Mountains area of ​​southern Judea.

According to reports, an Israeli civilian was injured by a stone thrown by a Palestinian and was evacuated for medical treatment, while a Palestinian was injured in the leg by a stone thrown by a Jew. It added that the second Palestinian was also injured, but the reason is not clear.

Naoto Kan said that Israeli security forces are still investigating reports of Israeli civilians shooting in the incident, and are investigating reports of arson attacks on Palestinian houses and smashing of windows in Palestinian-owned cars.

The report quoted Israeli security sources as saying that Palestinians and Jews threw stones at each other during the conflict. On Wednesday morning, local Jewish civilians set up a tent opposite a Palestinian building. The security forces disbanded the tent on the same day.

The Har Hevron District Council issued a statement saying, “A Jewish shepherd went out to graze in the Mitzpe Yair area in the morning. During his stay in the area, the shepherd set up a tent for shade. Unfortunately, it is illegal to be in that exact location. Palestinian buildings. The tents were destroyed, but the Palestinian buildings were not. At night, dozens of Palestinians arrived with stones, molotov cocktails and burning tires."

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