Illegal Israeli settlers wound Palestinians, army detains ambulance crews in occupied West Bank
At least six Palestinians from the same family were wounded after illegal Israeli settlers beat them and sprayed them with pepper spray in the Huwara community of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said on Friday that its teams treated six wounded Palestinians, including an elderly man, women and children, before transferring them to a hospital.
Osama Makhamreh, an anti-settlement activist, told Anadolu that illegal Israeli settlers attacked the family of 80-year-old Ibrahim Ismail al-Jabour while they were on their land near their home.
Illegal settlers beat the family members and sprayed pepper spray in their faces, injuring the elderly man, several women and children, he said.
The Israeli army provided protection for the illegal settlers before arresting Qassem Ibrahim al-Jabour, Yasser Youssef al-Jabour and Ibrahim Omar al-Jabour, Makhamreh added.
According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, illegal Israeli settlers carried out 3,488 attacks across the West Bank during the first half of this year, killing 17 Palestinians.
Since Oct. 8, 2023, Israeli army and illegal settlers’ attacks in the West Bank have killed 1,179 Palestinians and wounded 12,666 others, in addition to the arrest of around 24,000 people.
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Army detains ambulance crews
In a separate development, the Israeli army shot several Palestinians, beat others and detained ambulance crews during an early Friday raid on Al-Mughayyir village in the central occupied West Bank.
Amin Abu Alia, head of the village council in Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, told Anadolu that Israeli forces raided the village from its eastern side.
He said three Palestinians were shot and taken to a medical centre in the nearby town of Abu Falah.
