U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Kerry is heading to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to discuss his effort to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, yet his conversations with the U.S. allies will undoubtedly turn to other Mideast trouble spots. Kerry said Saturday that progress is being made in the Israeli-Palestinian talks, yet key hurdles are yet to be overcome. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians say residents of a West Bank village captured and briefly held more than a dozen Jewish settlers after the two groups traded blows.
An Associated Press photographer saw 13 settlers in a building Tuesday, most with signs of beating injuries and some tied up.
After about two hours, the settlers were handed to the Israeli military. The military had no immediate comment.
Palestinian villagers Abdel Hakim Wadi and Ziad Odeh say the incident began around noon near the village of Qusra when settlers attacked the farmers in an olive grove, injuring a Palestinian boy.
They say other villagers soon arrived and gave chase. Odeh says villagers grabbed about 20 settlers.
Wadi says the villagers notified the media and then the Israeli army.
