Injuries and arrests in the West Bank and Jerusalem following settler and occupation forces' attacks

Four Palestinian citizens, including a child and a girl, were injured on Saturday evening as a result of a series of attacks carried out by Israeli occupation forces and groups of settlers in various areas of the occupied West Bank. These developments come amidst an escalation in the pace of incursions and raids carried out by Israeli security agencies in Palestinian cities and towns since the start of the comprehensive aggression in October 2023.

In field details, medical sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that their teams dealt with a 17-year-old child who sustained live bullet wounds in the hand and thigh areas. The injury occurred in the Al-Mahjar area near Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, northern West Bank, where the necessary first aid was provided to the injured person before being transferred for treatment.

In a related context in Tulkarm Governorate, a Palestinian citizen in Qaffin town was subjected to a violent assault by a group of settlers, which necessitated the intervention of medical teams to transfer him to the hospital. These attacks are repeated in the northern areas of the West Bank, where settlers seek to tighten the noose on local residents through intimidating physical practices.

In Hebron city to the south, medical sources recorded the injury of a girl after she was severely beaten by settlers in Sa'ir town, located northeast of the city. The Red Crescent explained that its teams dealt with the girl's condition on site, while another citizen was beaten by occupation soldiers in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City, and was subsequently transferred to the hospital for treatment.

In occupied Jerusalem, occupation forces launched an arrest campaign in the Old City targeting a number of citizens following attacks carried out by settlers against residents. Among those arrested was 16-year-old child Reda Odeh, whom the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed suffers from difficult health conditions and requires medical care and regular medication not available in detention centers.

Arrests in Jerusalem also included the elderly Akram Zgheir, 64, after settlers attacked him inside his shop in the Old City and vandalized it. Israeli police also arrested child Abdul Rahman Maswadeh, who had visible head injuries as a result of the settlers' assault, before he was released later on Saturday evening.

Official Palestinian data indicates that attacks by the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, have resulted in the martyrdom of 1,162 Palestinians and the injury of approximately 12,245 others. These figures reflect the extent of the systematic escalation targeting the human and social fabric in the occupied Palestinian territories, away from direct combat fronts.

Arrest campaigns continue at an unprecedented pace, with statistics indicating the arrest of nearly 23,000 Palestinian citizens from various governorates of the West Bank and Jerusalem in recent months. These arrests are usually accompanied by widespread destruction of private property and infrastructure in refugee camps and cities subjected to repeated night incursions.

Occupation forces arrested child Reda Odeh from the Old City of Jerusalem, despite his health problems and urgent need for continuous medical follow-up and medication.