Israeli forces arrest 16 Palestinians across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested at least 16 Palestinians in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Four people were arrested in Iktaba, near Tulkarem, while three others were arrested in Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem. Three more arrests were reported in the town of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah.
Three Palestinians were beaten and detained in Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin. Israeli forces also arrested three people in Tubas and the surrounding area, northeast of Nablus.
Palestinian shot by Israeli forces in West Bank was university student
As we’ve been reporting, a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli forces during an attack by armed settlers northeast of Ramallah on Sunday night. The Wafa news agency reported that the man was 20-year-old Baraa Khairi Ali Maali, a student in the law and public administration faculty at Birzeit University.
Clashes broke out after Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes on the fringes of Deir Jarir. Fathi Hamdan, head of Deir Jarir’s village council, said Israeli forces stormed the village to provide protection for the settlers, then fired on Palestinians who confronted the settlers.
Maali was shot in the chest and transferred to an emergency room in Silwad before being taken to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he was pronounced dead. Maali’s killing followed the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old by settlers in Deir Jarir last month.
Israeli settlers shoot, injure Palestinian man in West Bank
A Palestinian man has been shot and wounded by Israeli settlers in an attack west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, our team on the ground reports. The shooting occurred in the central West Bank town of Beit Ur at-Tahta, where six Palestinians were wounded in a settler attack two days ago.
Khadija Othman, the mayor of Beit Ur at-Tahta, said the attack happened when residents headed to the northern part of town accompanied by a Palestinian television crew to film a report about a settler attack several days ago.
The mayor said the victim was shot and wounded in the shoulder.
Israeli settlers burn olive trees, steal agricultural equipment north of Ramallah
Israeli settlers have raided Palestinian farmland north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, burning olive trees and stealing agricultural equipment, the Wafa news agency reports. The attack took place in Atara, with settlers from a recently established outpost near the town setting fire to several olive trees.
