Israeli mob attacks Palestinian citizens during Lod rally

A far-right Israeli mob marched through Palestinian neighbourhoods in the city of Lod on Sunday night, provoking and assaulting residents and sparking clashes.

Palestinian citizens of Israel said that a group of Jewish Israelis had travelled from outside the city before entering their neighbourhoods late at night.

The group marched through the streets, throwing stones, insulting residents and shouting racist slurs. Clashes broke out as Palestinian residents confronted the mob, leaving several people lightly wounded.

Khaled al-Zabarqa, head of the Popular Committee in Lod, said the incident was the third of its kind over the past month.

It was preceded by a similar provocation near the Al-Omari Mosque, followed by another incident in the central market.