WEST BANK, (PIC)
Extremist Jewish settlers committed a series of crimes on Thursday in the occupied West Bank, reportedly stealing dozens of sheep and attacking Palestinian civilians and vehicles.
According to local sources, a group of armed settlers infiltrated a sheep pen in the Khirbet al-Nabi area of Masafer Yatta, south of al-Khalil, and stole 45 sheep belonging to Ibrahim Abu Ali.
In the same area, settlers dressed in Israeli army uniforms detained and savagely assaulted a Palestinian citizen identified as Mohamed al-Nawajaa and damaged his car.
In the town of Bani Na‘im, east of al-Khalil, Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinian citizens, searching and abusing them before releasing them.
In Bethlehem, a group of settlers attacked a vehicle transporting students from the village of al-Rashayda to their school in Kisan, east of the governorate, after blocking the main road near the illegal Ma‘ale Amos settlement, causing panic among the students.
Settler attacks on Palestinian students heading to school in the villages of Kisan and al-Rashayda have intensified recently.
In Nablus, a Palestinian woman sustained injuries in a road accident after her vehicle was attacked by settlers near the illegal Yitzhar settlement south of the city. She was rushed to the hospital for medical assistance.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian man and his son suffered injuries and bruises after being beaten by settlers in the town of Yasid, north of Nablus.
On Wednesday evening, settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the al-Massoudiya area of Nablus and fired live bullets at them, with no reported casualties.
Other settlers also stole construction materials belonging to Palestinians from the plain of Turmus Ayya town, north of Ramallah.
