Various areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed a new wave of Israeli attacks targeting citizens and students today, Sunday, coinciding with an ongoing field escalation. These violations varied between deliberate hit-and-run operations and incursions into holy sites, reflecting the escalating tension in the Palestinian territories.
In Nablus Governorate, 16-year-old student Yamama Abdullah was injured after being run over by an Israeli settler while on her way to school in the town of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya. Local sources reported that the student, a resident of the village of Ammuriya, was transferred to a hospital in Ramallah for treatment after the incident on the main road.
Settler attacks were not limited to Nablus but extended to Bethlehem Governorate, where a group of settlers pursued students from Kisan School as they returned home. These pursuits caused a state of panic and fear among the children, amid repeated attempts of hit-and-run and obstruction targeting students in that area systematically.
In occupied Jerusalem, a Palestinian citizen was shot by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Al-Ram, north of the city. Official sources clarified that occupation soldiers targeted the citizen with live ammunition while he was trying to cross the separation wall, which led to his injury and transfer for medical follow-up.
The Bab al-Amud area in Jerusalem also witnessed a brutal assault carried out by occupation forces against a young man from the town of Al-Issawiya. The severe beating resulted in the young man sustaining various injuries and bruises, as part of the continuous restrictions imposed by the occupation on Jerusalemites in vital areas of the city.
Regarding violations in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, dozens of settlers stormed the mosque's courtyards under tight protection from the Israeli police. The intruders carried out provocative tours starting from the Mughrabi Gate, where some performed Talmudic rituals in clear defiance of Muslim sentiments.
The provocations inside Al-Aqsa escalated with settlers raising Israeli flags around the Dome of the Rock and chanting the Israeli anthem loudly. These escalatory steps come under the full security cover provided by the occupation forces, which secured the paths of the intruders and prevented worshipers from free movement.
In the context of human rights documentation, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed the recording of 540 attacks carried out by settlers during last April alone. These attacks included physical assaults, burning of agricultural crops, uprooting trees, in addition to demolition operations of facilities and seizure of citizens' property.
Official Palestinian data indicates that the Israeli escalation in the West Bank since October 2023 has had catastrophic humanitarian consequences. 1168 martyrs have fallen and more than 12,000 citizens have been injured, a toll that reflects the extent of violence against civilians in various governorates.
Arrest and displacement campaigns have also affected thousands of Palestinians, with nearly 23,000 arrests recorded since the start of the war on Gaza. Military measures and home demolitions have led to the displacement of approximately 33,000 citizens from their residential communities, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the occupied West Bank.
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented 540 attacks carried out by settlers against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, last April.
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Israeli escalation in the West Bank: Student injured in hit-and-run, widespread incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque