CPTnet
16 February 2005.
AT-TUWANI: Settlers Attack and Injure two OD Members
by Barbara Martens
At 11:00 a.m. today while CPT member Dianna Zimmerman
and an Operation Dove (OD) team member were
accompanying shepherds on the shepherds' own land, two
settlers accosted them. They were above At-Tuwani,
near the Ma'on Israeli Settler Outpost. One settler
stood with his gun aimed at Zimmerman while she
engaged the other in dialogue. When the army came the settlers left.
A short time later CPT member Sally Hunsburger, and
two OD members appeared over the crest of the hill
from in the direction of the village of Tuba.
Settlers reappeared, noticed the video camera a team
member was carrying, and attacked the two OD team
members. One is admitted to hospital with a head
injury from the karate chop to his head. He has
short-term memory loss and blurred vision. The
injuries of the second person seemed less severe, but
CPT members do not know their current status.
Hunsberger, who witnessed to the attack, was not injured.
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