Residents of the settlements of Kiryat Arba and Hebron are besieged in their homes due to incessant gunfire from a clan feud, according to a local report. The report provides no further details on casualties or the origin of the feud.
A new local report now identifies the sustained gunfire in Hebron and Kiryat Arba as stemming from a local clan feud, a development that refines earlier descriptions of the source of the violence. Residents remain trapped in their homes, according to the report, which provides no further details on the clans involved, casualties, or any Israeli military response.
The Zioneer first reported on the incident at 22:21 Jerusalem on Tuesday, when gunmen were reported firing automatic weapons for hours without an IDF response. Within the same hour, additional reports indicated that dozens of Jewish families were besieged in their homes due to the gunfire, and footage emerged showing fierce gunfights between rival groups, which was initially described as battles between terrorist militias. The current report now specifies the cause as a clan feud, though it remains unverified and sourced from a single local account.
No independent verification of the report has been possible, and the IDF has not commented on the incident. The identity of the clans involved and any potential casualties remain unknown.
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