Israeli settlers beat Palestinian in village near Nablus
A group of Israeli settlers has stormed the Palestinian village of Qaryut near Nablus and attacked local residents, the Wafa news agency reports. The settlers threw stones at residents’ homes and beat at least one person, according to relief workers quoted by the agency.
The attack followed the killing by Israeli forces of a Turkish-American activist in the nearby village of Beita.
Palestinian girl killed during Israeli settler attack near Nablus
A 13-year-old girl succumbed to her wounds after being shot by Israeli forces in Qaryout, a village south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The village was attacked by Jewish settlers backed by Israeli forces when Bana Amjad Bakr was shot in the chest by an Israeli soldier, Wafa reported.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams dealt with the “serious” injury after confrontations broke out in the village. Amjad Bakr was shot while she was in her bedroom, her father said.
She was taken to a nearby hospital where she died.
Settler attacks are common in the West Bank and have increased in scale and intensity since October 7. The Israeli army and settlers have displaced more than 1,200 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of structures, according to UN figures. Amjad Bakr’s death brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since October 7 to 692.
Israeli forces raid Burin village near Nablus in occupied West Bank
Israeli troops have stormed Burin amid heavy gunfire and detained at least one Palestinian, the Wafa news agency reports. It quoted local sources as saying several people suffered tear gas inhalation during the confrontation.
Two injured in Israeli attacks on towns in southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s health ministry says one person has sustained injuries after Israeli forces fired artillery shells on the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Kila. The wounded individual has been taken to the Marjayoun Governmental Hospital, state news agency NNA reports.
Another person was taken to the same hospital after inhaling “phosphorous” from shells fired by Israeli forces on the town of Burj al-Muluk, in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh, it added.
The report comes as the Israeli military announced it struck “more than 15 launchers and military infrastructures” allegedly belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
