The occupied West Bank witnessed on Saturday evening a series of simultaneous Israeli attacks that included raids, arrests, and assaults carried out by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and extremist settlers in several areas. Those incidents resulted in injuries and material damage to Palestinian property.
According to local sources, a young man suffered a bullet injury when Israeli forces opened fire at local residents in Kafr Aqab town, north of Occupied Jerusalem.
In northern al-Khalil, the IOF kidnaped two young men and one child and attacked local residents with tear gas canisters and stun grenades in Halhul town.
Meanwhile, a horde of armed settlers stormed, under military protection, the Old City of al-Khalil and streets near the Ibrahimi Mosque while chanting racist slurs. The IOF reportedly closed roads and restricted the movement of local residents during the presence of settlers in the area.
In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers escalated their attacks by setting fire to about 30 bales of hay belonging to farmer Ali Abul-Kabbash in Khirbet Himsa hamlet, causing estimated losses of around 18,000 shekels.
A few days after armed settlers rampaged through the Bedouin herding community of al-Malih, killing and injuring dozens of sheep belonging to local villagers, they stormed the same hamlet again. No information has yet emerged regarding casualties or assaults during this last settler raid.
In southern Nablus, a 19-year-old young man suffered multiple injuries when a horde of settlers savagely assaulted him in the Jabal Qamis area of Beita town. He was rushed to the hospital for medical assistance.
In western Ramallah, a group of armed settlers set fire to a house under construction in Ni’lin town and beat his owner, injuring him in his head.
Local sources said that the house sustained considerable damage in the arson attack, adding that those settlers also opened fire at local residents as they tried to fend them off.
