Israeli settlers spray Palestinian children with teargas in latest West Bank attack

Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight, spraying tear gas at children and killing sheep, a Palestinian official said Tuesday. It was the latest in a surge of attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the territory in recent months.Israeli police said they arrested five settlers.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.The settlers smashed a door and a window of the home, firing tear gas inside that sent three Palestinian children under the age of 4 to the hospital, said Amir Dawood, who directs an office documenting such attacks within a Palestinian governmental body called the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission. He said settlers also entered the family’s sheep pen, killing three sheep and injuring four others.Israeli police said they arrested the five settlers on suspicion of trespassing onto Palestinian land, damaging property and dispensing pepper spray. They said they