A child and his father were injured with wounds and bruises today after a group of settlers assaulted them with a severe beating in the village of Barqa, east of Ramallah, while they were heading to their lands to pick olives.
The child, Ali Khattab Samrin, and his father were attacked by about 10 masked settlers who chased them and pelted them with stones before beating them with sticks, causing bruises and contusions and making them lose consciousness.
In a video recording, the child Ali explained the details of the assault, noting that the settlers continued to beat them until they lost consciousness.
