Ten Palestinian citizens were injured early Monday morning as a result of a series of attacks carried out by groups of settlers on towns located south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank. The attacks focused on the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya and a neighboring Bedouin community, where settlers used physical violence and set fire to citizens' properties under indirect protection from field conditions.
Yacoub Owais, head of the Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya village council, stated that settlers targeted a Bedouin community north of the village, resulting in injuries, two of which were transferred to the hospital for treatment. Owais explained that the attackers set fire to about ten vehicles and two homes, with one home completely consumed by the flames, amid attempts to steal sheep from the area.
In a related context, another group of settlers stormed the town of Qusra, where they set fire to a Palestinian vehicle before dozens of young men from the town confronted them. Field confrontations erupted, forcing the settlers to withdraw from the area, amidst an escalation in the pace of these attacks targeting Palestinian villages and communities adjacent to settlements since October 2023.
In parallel with the settler attacks, Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures in the Hebron Governorate, closing all entrances to the town of Beit Ummar with earth mounds. The forces fired tear gas and sound bombs heavily inside the town's neighborhoods, declaring it a closed military zone, which completely hindered the movement of citizens.
In the Tulkarm Governorate, occupation forces carried out a raid in the town of Deir al-Ghusun to the north, resulting in the arrest of young Ahmed Qa'dan, known as 'Al-Jazairi,' after searching his home and tampering with its contents. Local sources reported that the military force stormed the town at dawn and took the detainee to an unknown destination, as part of a campaign targeting activists and young men in the area.
The arrest campaign also extended to the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, where occupation forces raided the Al-Masyoun neighborhood and arrested 23-year-old Mo'men Afana. In the town of Kober, north of Ramallah, 30-year-old Mohammed Faraj Zibar was arrested after his home was stormed and thoroughly searched, while forces detained four children in the Jabal Al-Taweel area of Al-Bireh for several hours before releasing them.
These developments come amid a continuous escalation in the cities and villages of the West Bank, with statistics indicating that more than 1140 Palestinians have been killed and about 11750 others injured since October 7, 2023. These figures coincide with widespread arrest campaigns that have affected nearly 22,000 citizens, amidst warnings from international organizations regarding the worsening humanitarian and security situation.
Observers believe that the systematic settler attacks aim to displace Bedouin and rural communities and expand settler control over Palestinian lands. These attacks vary between killing, injury, and systematic demolition of homes, placing the international community before its responsibilities to stop the ongoing violations against unarmed civilians in the occupied territories.
Settlers attacked a Bedouin community and assaulted citizens, also setting fire to vehicles and homes and attempting to steal livestock.
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Injuries and Burning of Homes and Vehicles in a Wide Settler Attack South of Nablus