The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported that a group of Israeli settlers, under the protection of occupation forces, attacked the village of Rammun, east of Ramallah, and opened fire on Palestinians and their homes, without any injuries being reported.
She added that the settlers burned agricultural land surrounding Palestinian homes in the area, "while the occupation forces stormed the area to provide protection for the settlers, firing flares that fueled the fires, resulting in material damage to citizens' lands."
Another group of settlers stormed the village of Deir Jarir, according to the agency, "which led to clashes with residents." The agency noted that "occupation forces stormed the area to provide protection for the settlers and closed the entrance to the village, while firing live ammunition and tear gas canisters at unarmed residents who came out to confront the settlers' attack."
In the city of Bethlehem, south of the occupied West Bank, three Palestinian farmers were injured on Saturday evening after settlers attacked them while they were working on their land in the Khallet al-Nahla area of the village of Wadi Rahal, south of the city.
WAFA noted that the Khallet al-Nahla area in Bethlehem has been subjected to "repeated attacks by settlers, as part of attempts to seize more agricultural land for settlement expansion."
In the central West Bank, the Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights and Targeted Villages (a human rights organization) said that settlers attacked a Palestinian Bedouin community and burned tents (the number of which was not specified) in the village of Ein Ayoub, west of the city of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.
The organization explained that "a large-scale fire broke out in the tents of the Bedouin community in the Ein Ayoub area west of Ramallah, following an attack by settler gangs that caused extensive damage to property."
Also in the central West Bank, the rights group said settlers "attacked families from the Ka'abneh Arab community in the Khalayel area, northeast of Ramallah, and gave the local residents a deadline of no more than two weeks to leave their homes and lands."
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In this context, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two children on Saturday evening, caused a number of Palestinians to suffer from suffocation, and closed down shops during raids on several areas in the occupied West Bank.
WAFA reported that an Israeli force stormed the town of Qusra, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, amid heavy gunfire and tear gas canisters. The force arrested two Palestinian children, Wissam and Siraj Mahmoud, before withdrawing.
In the central West Bank, a number of Palestinians suffered from suffocation due to tear gas canisters fired by the Israeli occupation forces during their raid on the Qalandia refugee camp and the town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem.
In Hebron, in the southern West Bank, Israeli occupation forces forced shopkeepers to close their stores in the Old City, coinciding with dozens of settlers storming the area, according to eyewitnesses.
Israeli forces also stormed the town of Dura, southwest of Hebron, and fired tear gas canisters, causing suffocation.
In parallel with the genocide perpetrated by Tel Aviv in Gaza, the Israeli occupation army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have killed at least 1,013 Palestinians, injured nearly 7,000 others, and arrested more than 18,500, according to Palestinian data.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
