Settlers attack father and son in east Hebron
A number of settlers have attacked a father and his son in the east of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.
According to resident Shaker Hamed al-Zaro, a number of settlers assaulted him and his son Faraj while they were inspecting their agricultural land in the Jales area near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement.
Due to the assault, al-Zaro and his son suffered injuries to their heads, limbs, and chests.
He explained that lands planted with olive and grape trees in the area have been deserted for two years, with access to them prohibited by herds of settlers who attack Palestinians under the protection of the Israeli army.
Recently, settler attacks on families and farmers in Jales and other areas in Masafer Yatta and south Hebron have escalated significantly.
Settlers begin work on a new outpost near Nablus
Israeli settlers have begun establishing a new illegal outpost around Aqraba town, south of Nablus, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing a Yousef Deiriyeh, local activist.
Deiriyeh said the settlers had erected tents, placed caravans and raised Israeli flags on the western slope of Mount Qarqafa, facing the town’s entrance.
Israeli forces had raided the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya, south of Nablus, where soldiers seized the keys of four vehicles after stopping them near the earth mound that blocks the village’s main entrance.
The soldiers then “assaulted the owners of the vehicles and forced them to seal off makeshift dirt passages that residents had been using to bypass the closure”, Wafa reported.
Children tear gassed at football practice in occupied West Bank
Witnesses say a drone dropped canisters on Palestinian children as they trained in the Qalandiya refugee camp, forcing them to flee the field.
The video below shows the moment the football game was disrupted by tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a raid:
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/8/19/children-tear-gassed-at-football-practice-in-occupied-west-bank
Israeli forces arrest university student at checkpoint in Tulkarem
Israeli forces have arrested a young man from Tulkarem city after he passed through the Anab military checkpoint, east of the governorate.
Citing local sources, Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces at the checkpoint stopped the car that 21-year-old Tariq Ismat Hashma, a third-year student at Palestine Technical University, was driving.
Soldiers forced Hashma out of the car, handcuffed and arrested him, according to the report.
