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More Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera has verified footage on local media channels showing Israeli soldiers storming the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem.

Earlier, we reported on several ongoing incursions in the occupied West Bank, including around Al-Quds Open University, the town of Qusra, and the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.


Settlers storm Palestinian village, Israeli forces arrest three

Israelis from illegal settlements have attacked Palestinians and their homes in a village in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

The local residents told Al Jazeera that Israeli troops then stormed the village following the settler attacks and arrested three Palestinians.

From the title any sane person would conclude 3 Settlers were arrested. But if know 10% of what's going in the West Bank, it's always the victims that get arrested.

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, steal 800 sheep: Report

Israeli settlers have attacked the Palestinian village of Ein al-Auja, north of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Information Center.

The settlers stole 800 of the village’s sheep, the centre reported.

Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have risen since Israel’s war on Gaza began after Hamas led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Palestinians wounded after Israeli settler attack on Masafer Yatta: Report

Several Palestinians were wounded this evening as they were attacked by armed Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.

Activist Osama Makhamra told the agency that settlers from the Susya settlement, illegally built on the land of Masafer Yatta, attacked Palestinian residents of the Wadi Jahish community, including women and children, at the time of Iftar.

The settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, assaulted the residents with batons, causing injuries.

Israeli forces, meanwhile, detained Ahmed Khaled al-Najjar, a man with a disability, while he was tending to his sheep near his home in the al-Qawwais area of Masafer Yatta.

Earlier today, local residents told Al Jazeera that Israeli troops had stormed the village following settler attacks at the start of the day and arrested three Palestinians.

According to a report by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,705 attacks against Palestinians and their property in February, Wafa reports.