Israeli settler gangs attack Palestinian villages south of Hebron
Israeli settlers raided villages near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, wounding several Palestinians, including women and children.
Israeli gangs burned property and firewood, smashed windows and vehicles, and blocked ambulances after several Palestinians were hurt.
One of the injured, Samir Hamamda, told the official Wafa news agency he was beaten by settlers when a mob descended on his house, pelting it with stones and pepper-spraying inside, causing his wife and children to faint and be left with bruising and other wounds.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it treated two patients in the village of al-Fakhit, including a young man with a head injury and a girl with a broken hand.
Other residents in the Masafer Yatta area were also injured, including women and children, when the settlers smashed the windows of vehicles and homes.
In Khirbet al-Halawa, several Palestinians were hurt by stones thrown by the settlers, who also stole 150 sheep from the area, Wafa reported.
Palestinian siblings shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian brother and sister have been shot and wounded by Israeli troops after leaving their home in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
Quoting local sources, Wafa news agency reported Khader Muhammad Shahada and his sister Sadeel, 19, children of a Fatah official, were both wounded in the legs during the attack.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it received a report of two injuries but medics were initially unable to reach the victims because of a heavy presence of Israeli soldiers.
The female victim was later transferred to hospital for treatment, but ambulance crews were unable to reach the male victim as he was detained by Israeli authorities and transferred to an unknown location.
Israeli settlers destroy hundreds of olive trees near Ramallah
A group of Israeli settlers have stormed Palestinian land near Ramallah and ripped out at least 200 olive trees.
The official Wafa news agency reported the latest assault occurred near the town of Turmus Aya, 22km (14 miles) northeast of the occupied West Bank’s main city.
Israeli forces and settlers carried out a record number of attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank last year – including 1,382 acts of destruction specifically targeting their land and prized olive trees, according to the Ramallah-based Occupation and Wall Resistance Commission.
Palestinian man, 20, dies after being shot during Israeli army raid
A 20-year-old Palestinian man has died after being shot by Israeli soldiers during an incursion in the town of ad-Dhahiriya in the occupied West Bank.
Palestine’s Health Ministry said the victim, Muhammad Rajih Nasrallah, sustained critical wounds to his abdomen when he was shot after Israeli forces stormed the town, southwest of Hebron, on Tuesday evening.
He was taken to hospital before succumbing to his injuries. Wafa news agency reported that another young Palestinian man was also shot during the raid, receiving moderate injuries.
