A Palestinian infant was injured and eight citizens were arrested during the occupation forces' raids on several areas in Hebron.

A 6-month-old baby girl suffered from suffocation from tear gas fired by the Israeli occupation forces during their raid on the village of Tabqa, southwest of Hebron, on Thursday. Eight others were arrested from several villages and towns in the Hebron Governorate.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the village of Tabqa, southwest of Hebron, and raided a number of citizens' homes, and fired tear gas bombs at them, which led to a 6-month-old baby girl suffering from suffocation due to inhaling the gas, and the necessary first aid was provided to her.

According to the sources, the occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and raided a number of citizens’ homes, deliberately destroying their doors and contents, using dogs to search citizens’ belongings, and arrested: Awni Ahmed Al-Alami (48 years old) and his son Ahmed (18 years old), the child Nour Khaled Akhlil (17 years old), and Ibrahim Muhammad Adi (35 years old) after abusing him and seizing his vehicle.

In the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the village, raided the homes of citizens, searched them, ransacked their contents, and arrested: Omar Suleiman al-Hathalin, Ajdei’ al-Hathalin, Alaa al-Hathalin, and Omar al-Hathalin.

She added that an armed group of settlers attacked Khirbet Maghayer al-Abid, attempted to steal a flock of sheep belonging to Shahada al-Makhamra, and threatened his family with deportation.

It is noteworthy that the village of Umm al-Khair and other villages and residential communities in the Masafer Yatta area are subjected to continuous attacks by the occupation and armed settler groups, which resulted in the martyrdom of activist and teacher Awda al-Hathalin (31 years old) by a bullet fired by one of the settlers at point-blank range last Monday.