Violent clashes erupt in the West Bank as Israeli settlers torch property

Dozens of Israeli settlers have carried out raids in various locations across the West Bank, resulting in property damage and injuries. According to reports from the Palestinian Wafa news agency, a man and his child were taken to hospital after being attacked with sharp instruments in the village of Khirbet Shuweika, south of Hebron.

In another incident, Israeli settlers set fire to a home in the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya, south of Nablus. Palestinian Civil Defence members responded to extinguish the blaze. In Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, security sources reported that settlers stormed the outskirts of the village, burned a vehicle, and wrote racist slogans on house walls.

Additionally, Israeli forces were involved in several other incidents. In the village of al-Asa’asa in Jenin, residents were forced to exhume a newly buried body due to claims that the initial site was too close to an illegal settlement. Settlers also attacked a Palestinian man in Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and stole his mobile phone.

In the Burak Sulayman area, southeast of Bethlehem, Palestinians were forced to leave after Israeli forces fired stun grenades at them. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society treated two people for tear gas inhalation and evacuated five others from the scene. In Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs at a group of worshippers leaving a mosque, locking some inside.

On Friday, four Palestinian men were arrested in Battir, west of Bethlehem, while hiking near a railway line. Three more Palestinians were arrested during a raid on Nablus the following day. In Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, settlers attacked residents, leading to clashes when they confronted them.

Source: Al Jazeera