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Palestinians gather around a burned vehicle used by U.S. tourists after it was attacked while driving in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, on September 3, 2015.AFP

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The U.S. tourists who were attacked when they accidentally entered a Palestinian village near Hebron on Thursday tried calling the police but were repeatedly disconnected, according to a Channel 2 report.

In recordings aired by Ch. 2 on Friday, a Palestinian who aided the group is heard trying to explain the situation to an Israeli police hotline operator before the call is disconnected.

The five tourists, U.S. Jews, took a wrong turn on their way to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Thursday evening, mistakenly entering the Palestinian village of Jabel Juhar. In the village, they were pelted with stones and their vehicle was set alight, apparently by a firebomb.

Help came from a local, Faiz Abu Hamdiah, who took them in and tried to alert the security forces, dialing 100, the police emergency hotline.

"Do you need police assistance?" the dispatcher is heard asking in the recording. The call is disconnected before Abu Hamdiah has a chance to respond.

After several attempts, his calls were transferred to the Judea and Samaria Police district.

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.674580
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