Osama Makhamreh, an activist documenting Israeli violations, told Anadolu Agency that "settlers from the Givat Ma'on settlement attacked shepherds in the village of Al-Tuna, east of the town of Yatta (south), and assaulted them, resulting in two injuries. One of them was transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital, while the other was treated in the field."
He pointed out that the settlers attacked the herds of livestock, resulting in injuries and miscarriages. Makhamreh added that "other settlers later attacked residents of the Khallet al-Daba' community, affiliated with the village of At-Tuwana, and assaulted one of them with clubs, resulting in injuries and bruises to his face. He was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment."
According to the activist, the Israeli army arrived at the attack sites and provided protection to the settlers, while detaining a number of Palestinians, two of whom were arrested.
In a related development, a Palestinian was injured on Monday by Israeli gunfire during an army raid on the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses reported that an Israeli force stormed several neighborhoods in the city of Al-Bireh in the central West Bank, the town of Kafr Aqab, and the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem. Witnesses said that the army fired live bullets at a Palestinian youth at the entrance to Qalandia camp, wounding him in the legs, before assaulting him. They indicated that the youth was transferred to the hospital for treatment.
South of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli occupation forces forced a citizen on Tuesday to demolish his home in the town of Jabal al-Mukaber. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the occupation municipality forced Adam Muhammad Shaqirat to self-demolish his 100-square-meter home, which houses eight people and was built in 2016.
As part of the daily incursions, Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Ya'bad, southwest of Jenin, on Tuesday evening. They also raided homes in the Harat al-Aqaba neighborhood in the Old City of Nablus, as well as several other towns.
Palestinian security forces admit to killing a citizen
In another context, Palestinian security forces announced on Monday that they had killed a citizen with their bullets in the northern West Bank, while eyewitnesses reported to Palestinian media that the PA security forces killed the elderly Faisal Sabaaneh (63 years old) after suspecting the presence of resistance fighters in his vehicle in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, and opened heavy fire at it.
"While a security force was carrying out an operation to arrest a wanted person in Tubas Governorate, it was surprised to come under direct fire" from what he called "outlaws," said Anwar Rajab, the official spokesman for the security forces, according to the official WAFA news agency.
He added, "Faced with this immediate threat, the security force was forced to respond to the source of the fire, in accordance with established rules of engagement. This resulted in the injury of one of the shooters, who subsequently succumbed to his injuries."
According to the Palestinian Commission for Wall and Settlement Resistance (governmental), Israeli settlers carried out 341 attacks in the West Bank during April, including "armed attacks on Palestinian villages, vandalism, bulldozing of land, uprooting of trees, and seizure of property."
In parallel with the genocidal war in Gaza, the Israeli military and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of more than 962 Palestinians, the injury of nearly 7,000 others, and the arrest of more than 17,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian data.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with full American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 172,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.
