Nablus, Palestinians injured in attack by settlers, cars damaged

At least two Palestinians were injured in an attack by Israeli settlers near the village of Duma, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. AAA reports it quoting an activist. Activist Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern West Bank, said on Monday that a horde of Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian cars traveling on a road near Duma, the official news agency reported. Palestinian Wafa.

Two Palestinians were injured in the attack and the windshield of their vehicle was smashed by the settlers. The victims, both inhabitants of the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, were treated on the spot. In another incident, a number of Palestinian passengers suffered eye injuries when Israeli settlers chased their car near the city of Jamma'in, south of Nablus, and attacked them with pepper spray. Meanwhile, on the same day, Israeli troops bulldozed large tracts of Palestinian-owned land south of the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus. According to Daghlas, seven bulldozers belonging to the Israeli military leveled areas of land west of Qaryut, in line with efforts to expand the illegal settlements of Eli and Shilo and connect them with a road.

Israeli soldiers and settlers have stepped up their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories in an attempt to forcibly expel Palestinians from their lands and make way for illegal settlement expansion. According to human rights groups, acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property are commonplace throughout the occupied West Bank.