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Israeli military raids, settler attacks in the occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have raided Palestinian homes and assaulted several residents in the town of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting.

Citing local sources, it said Israeli forces stormed the town, raided a number of homes, assaulted residents, broke down doors and vandalised property while a drone flew overhead and stun grenades and flares were fired.

Wafa also reported that Israeli authorities, using bulldozers, have begun demolishing a building and shops at the entrance to the village of Anza, south of Jenin.

Settlers, under the protection of the Israeli military, also attacked the home of a Palestinian prisoner in Masafer Bani Na’im, east of Hebron, killing one sheep, stealing 30 and slashing the tyres of his vehicle.


Israeli settlers ambush Palestinians in West Bank village

Israeli settlers stormed the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reports.

The village’s chief, Marzouq Abu Naim, told the agency that settlers attacked the southern area and grazed their livestock on Palestinian-owned land. He added that Israeli soldiers were deployed in several neighbourhoods and fired tear gas canisters heavily at residents’ homes.