Israeli army and settlers injure several Palestinians across West Bank

Israeli military raids and attacks by Israelis from illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank have injured at least 19 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials and local media reports.

Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians who attempted to enter occupied East Jerusalem near the separation wall in ar-Ram, the Jerusalem Governorate said on Saturday.

It said the incident was part of near-daily attacks against Palestinian workers barred from their jobs in Israel since the genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023.

In the Tubas Governorate in northern West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its crews treated at least 11 Palestinians, including four children, for tear gas inhalation during Israeli army raids.

In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, an elderly man was beaten and bruised by armed settlers, after which Israeli forces raided his home, damaged its contents and confiscated his family’s phones, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The Palestine Red Crescent also reported that two young men were hospitalised after being beaten by Israeli settlers in Arrabeh, south of Jenin, while a 15-year-old boy was hospitalised after a severe beating by settlers in Tammun, in Tubas province, where another child was injured in a settler assault.

In separate attacks on Friday, the Israeli army and settlers killed two Palestinians in Hebron and in Jenin.

Meanwhile in Qusra , south of Nablus, the Hassan and Abu Rida families remain besieged in their homes for a 14th consecutive day by settlers, with Israeli forces maintaining a closed military zone around the site.