Israeli settlers attack Palestinian municipal workers in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian municipal workers south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Rana Abu Haniyeh, a spokesperson for the Huwara municipality, told the Wafa news agency the settlers targeted the engineers as they inspected an electricity network south of the town.
The engineers were then detained for a period by Israeli forces before being released, he said.
Israeli forces shoot, seriously injure man in occupied West Bank: Report
Israeli forces have shot a young man at a checkpoint near the town of Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency. After the shooting, the unidentified man was left bleeding on the ground in serious condition.
Israeli forces have also carried out several new raids near Hebron and Bethlehem. They deployed tear gas near a school in the town of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, causing respiratory distress among students leaving class.
They also seized equipment and detained three people working on a water rehabilitation project near Beit Ummar, in Hebron governorate.
Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces at West Bank checkpoint dies: Report
A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces close to a checkpoint near Bethlehem has died, Wafa news agency reported, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry. The agency named the man as 28-year-old Qusay Maher Ismail Halaika from the town of al-Shuyukh.
Israeli settlers set fire to three villages in occupied West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers have set fire to three Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. The settlers then blocked ambulances and medics from helping those injured, with Palestinian families left watching their homes burn down.
According to the UN, more than 1,800 settler attacks – about five per day – were documented in 2025, resulting in casualties or property damage in about 280 communities across the West Bank, and beating the previous year’s record of settler attacks by more than 350.
