Pictures: A German tourist passes away inside a settlement tunnel in Silwan
February 13, 2016

A German tourist passed away on Friday inside of the settlement tunnels in Silwan. Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that a group of settlers entered the tunnel underneath the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan (tunnel that starts in the middle of Wadi Hilweh towards the courtyard known by “Giv’ati”. Suddenly, the area was crowded with paramedics and firemen. The center added that the process of saving the life of the German tourist took more than three hours. According to Magen David paramedics, the tourist suffered a heart attack inside one of the tunnels in Silwan. The center explained that the rescue teams prevented the locals from approaching the scene and a group of settlers intervened to move the young Jerusalemite men. unnamed (2) unnamed (3) unnamed (4) unnamed (5) unnamed (6) unnamed