Settler Attacks Escalate in West Bank, Injuring Palestinians and Damaging Property
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
Settler attacks across the West Bank on Friday resulted in multiple Palestinian injuries, including a civil defense officer, a village council member, and an American journalist. The assaults targeted farmers and olive harvesters, involving beatings, property damage, and the burning of vehicles. Incidents were reported in villages near Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, and Jenin, with some Palestinians sustaining gunshot wounds and tear gas exposure. Separately, a young man was injured during an Israeli military operation in Tulkarm.
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- Settler attacks in the West Bank injured Palestinians, including an American journalist and a civil defense officer.
- Farmers and olive harvesters were targeted in multiple villages, facing beatings and property destruction.
- Vehicles were set ablaze in Turmus Ayya, and settlers used pepper spray and live ammunition in other locations.
- Israeli forces conducted raids in Al-Mughayyir, while settlers attacked residents in Beit Ummar.
- A young man was injured by shrapnel during an Israeli military incursion into Tulkarm.
- The Israeli Civil Administration ordered a halt to work on an electricity line in the northern Jordan Valley.
Numerous Palestinians, including a civil defense officer, a village council member, and an American journalist, were injured on Friday during settler attacks across the West Bank. The assaults targeted farmers and olive harvesters, involving beatings and the burning of vehicles. Injuries from live ammunition and tear gas inhalation were also reported in several villages and towns.
In the village of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, settlers attacked farmers, beat residents, and set fire to three vehicles. An American citizen was severely beaten, and a Palestinian Civil Defense officer was also injured, with settlers torching a Civil Defense vehicle. In the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, four Palestinians were injured, two requiring hospitalization, and a foreign journalist was pepper-sprayed.
Further incidents occurred in Abu Falah village, northeast of Ramallah, where settlers targeted farmers, solidarity activists, and journalists during the olive harvest. Settlers set fires to lure young men into the area before Israeli forces arrived. An American journalist, Heidi Levine, was injured and hospitalized, while a village council member, Abdul Jabbar Hassan, sustained a live bullet wound to the thigh. Eight others were beaten, and several suffered from tear gas inhalation.
Attacks also took place in the villages of Al-Taybeh and Rammun, east of Ramallah, where settlers targeted olive harvesters. In Al-Mughayyir, settlers surrounded a home, and Israeli forces conducted overnight raids and searches in the village. In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, settlers attacked residents but were repelled without reported injuries or damage.
South of Nablus, a family in Qabalan was assaulted with pepper spray and had property stolen. In Majdal Bani Fadil and the eastern area of Burin, farmers were attacked, though no injuries were reported. In the village of Arraba, south of Jenin, settlers fired shots and threw stun grenades at homes.
Separately, in Tulkarm, a young man was injured by live shrapnel during an Israeli military incursion. In the northern Jordan Valley, the Israeli Civil Administration issued a notice to halt work on an electricity line extension north of the village of Marj Na'ja.
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