WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Jewish settlers launched attacks on Palestinian citizens in the West Bank on Saturday evening, injuring a number of them.
In Masafer Yatta south of al-Khalil, a child and a young man were injured during a settler attack on the village of at-Tuwani, according to local activist Osama Makhamra.
He said that settlers assaulted residents and sprayed them with pepper spray, injuring one of them.
The attack also left five-year-old Awad Khalil with head injuries after being pushed by a settler to the ground. Both victims received on-site medical assistance following the incident.
Makhamra added that the settlers stole several head of livestock belonging to Omar Abu Jundiya during the same attack.
Another group of settlers guarded by soldiers attacked farmers in the Ashkara area south of Yatta.
The soldiers reportedly fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the farmers and kidnaped two of them after smashing their mobile phones. In addition, they also destroyed the phone of another farmer in the area.
Israeli forces also stormed the town of al-Dhahiriya, south of al-Khalil, and assaulted a child, leaving him with bruises that were treated on-site.
The same forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards local residents as they tried to help the child.
In Bethlehem, a horde of settlers assaulted Palestinians in the Khalayel al-Louz area, southeast of the province, and attacked a 16-year-old teenager with pepper spray.
Settlers also attacked shepherds in the village of al-Rashayida, east of Bethlehem, forcing them to leave the area at gunpoint.
In southern Nablus, settlers stormed the eastern area of Beita town and detained two young men as they were working on a house under construction before Israeli forces showed up.
