At least 3 Palestinians, including one child, were wounded and 3 others were detained during raids and attacks by the Israeli army and Jewish settlers in 5 different towns of the occupied West Bank on Saturday.
According to information from the Palestine Red Crescent, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Bedouin Rights Defense Organization, and eyewitnesses, the attacks concentrated in the cities of Nablus, Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Jerusalem, and Hebron.
Stone attack and special forces raid in Nablus
In the city of Nablus, northern West Bank, a 16-year-old child was taken to the hospital by Red Crescent teams after being wounded in the head in a stone attack by settlers near the Avarta checkpoint.
In a raid near the Balata Camp east of Nablus, Israeli soldiers assaulted a 14-year-old child on Jerusalem Street. In the same camp, Israeli special forces surrounded the family home of a young man and detained him.
Settlers, entering the town of Qublan southeast of Nablus under army protection, attempted to seize a house.
Land burning and gas intervention in Ramallah and Al-Bireh
East of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, settlers raided the Arab Al-Kaabneh area, damaging a house. In the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, settlers set fire to agricultural lands belonging to Palestinians near the village entrance; the fire was extinguished by villagers.
In the same village, settlers cut iron fences to let their sheep into the agricultural land, damaging crops. After setting up a checkpoint at the western entrance of the village, the Israeli army raided the village and fired tear gas canisters at houses; many Palestinians were affected by the gas.
In the village of Abud, northwest of Ramallah, the army searched shops and seized security camera footage while closing the entrances to the villages of Abud and Nabi Salih to traffic.
Wedding raid and attack on Bedouin community in Jerusalem
In the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli army raided a wedding. A young man was wounded in the face by direct tear gas fire from soldiers, and many people including children and elderly were affected by the gas.
Settlers attacked the Al-Mahtush-Al-Ararire Bedouin community near Khan Al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, stoning houses and cutting electricity and water lines.
Detentions and house raids in Hebron and Tubas
In the village of Ed-Deyrat, east of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank, the Israeli army detained a Palestinian while he was grazing his animals. In Wadi Rahile in the Masafer Yatta area, soldiers chasing shepherds detained another person.
In the Wadi Sair area, northeast of Hebron, settlers attacked a house, attempting to bring their animals into the house and its surroundings, but the homeowner prevented this. In the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas in the northern West Bank, the Israeli army raided houses, conducted searches, and damaged property.
According to official Palestinian data, amid escalating attacks in the West Bank concurrent with the genocide war in Gaza, 1,173 Palestinians have lost their lives, 12,666 have been wounded, and approximately 23,000 have been detained so far.
