Israeli settlers, forces attack various areas in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers have attacked the Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting the head of the village council Marwan Sabbah as saying that settlers threw stones at houses and set adjacent tracts of land on fire.
He said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, took over plots of land and set up caravans to live in as a prelude to the creation of a new settlement.
Israeli forces also raided the town of Deir Balout, west of the city of Salfit, as well as the Madama village, south of Nablus, triggering confrontations with young Palestinian men.
Israeli forces besiege Hebron neighbourhood as settlers carry out more attacks
Israeli forces tightened the siege on the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in central Hebron City, according to a human rights activist.
Imad Abu Shamsieh said that Israeli forces sealed off all entrances leading to the neighbourhood, as settlers held a rally in the area, chanting anti-Palestine slogans.
The Palestinian neighbourhood is located in the Israeli-controlled area of the old town, known as H2, where several hundred hardline Jewish settlers are based. Israel heavily restricts the movement and activity of Palestinians in the H2 area while allowing the settlers free movement and access.
Meanwhile, settlers attacked Palestinians’ vehicles near Khan al-Ahmar village, east of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem. Wafa reported that settlers attacked and damaged the cars of Palestinians who were passing by the village.
Palestinian man wounded by Israeli army grenade near Nablus
The Wafa news agency is reporting that a young Palestinian was wounded by an Israeli army grenade in Sebastia, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Sebastia’s mayor, Mohammad Azzem, said that “Israeli forces raided the town, triggering confrontations, which saw the soldiers opening gunfire, tear gas canisters and concussion grenades” according to the report.
One of the grenades hit a young man, injuring him in the hand, it added.
