HEBRON: Several Palestinians were injured on Saturday by live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades during an attack by Israeli forces and colonists on a home in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.
Local sources said that Israeli forces and colonists attacked the home of Mohammad Hamed Abu Alia’s family, injuring one Palestinian with live fire in the thigh and two others with rubber-coated metal bullets.
A 10-year-old child, Raed Odeh Abu Alia, sustained a head injury caused by a stun grenade.
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Settler violence is part of a policy aimed at restricting the movement of Palestinians and seizing more land for illegal expansion and forced displacement.
The injured were transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Israeli forces earlier raided the town of Doha, west of Bethlehem. Security sources reported that Israeli troops entered the town and were deployed in several neighborhoods.
No house raids or detentions were reported during the incursion.
Settlers released their sheep onto agricultural land in Khirbet Mas’ud, near Ya’bad, south of Jenin.
Local sources reported that dozens of settlers attacked the village and released their livestock onto the agricultural land, causing damage to crops and trees.
Khirbet Mas’ud and its surrounding area have been subjected to continuous attacks by colonists and Israeli forces, including raids on homes and grazing areas, as well as assaults on residents and their property.
This is part of a policy aimed at restricting the movement of Palestinians and seizing more land for settlement expansion and forced displacement.
Settlers grazed their livestock on Saturday on Palestinian-owned land in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.
Local sources reported that dozens of colonists, under the protection of Israeli forces, grazed their livestock on agricultural land in the Al-Khala’il area, south of Al-Mughayyir, causing damage to crops.
Settlers attacked municipal workers in Qabalan, south of Nablus, on Saturday.
Local sources reported that dozens of settlers attacked the Qabalan municipality crews while they were extending an electricity line to a Palestinian house, preventing them from completing the work in the Ain Al-Qasab area.
