Illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, injuring several Palestinians, destroying agricultural property, and stealing livestock, all under the protection of Israeli forces.
In the Old City of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, dozens of colonizers roamed the alleys and attacked Palestinians and their shops amidst a heavy deployment of Israeli police and military forces.
Also in Jerusalem, dozens of colonizers marched through the streets of the Baten Al‑Hawa neighborhood in Silwan town, south of Al‑Aqsa Mosque.
In Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank, a group of colonizers assaulted Palestinian resident Jaber Shabana while he was harvesting sage on his land.
Local sources said he sustained multiple bruises and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Later in the day, colonizers invaded the Abu Faza’ al‑Ka’abna community east of the town of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah.
The Al‑Baidar Rights Organization reported that the colonizers released a herd of camels into cultivated Palestinian lands, causing significant damage to agricultural property.
In the southern West Bank, colonizers attacked residents in the Wadi al‑Rakhim area west of the village of Susiya, south of Hebron.
Anti‑colonization activist Osama Makhamra stated that the colonizers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, beat several residents and allowed their livestock to graze on wheat and barley fields belonging to the Shannaran family.
Farmer Mohammad Shanaran suffered bruises and was treated on site, while large areas of crops were destroyed.
A woman was also injured in Wadi Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank, when armed colonizers, escorted by Israeli forces, attacked homes belonging to the Shalalda family. Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics treated her for bruises and other injuries.
In Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank, the head of the village council, Marwan Nofal, was injured after two colonizers assaulted him with rifle butts at the village entrance.
Nofal said a group of colonizers, escorted by Israeli forces, invaded the area before the attack. The village has experienced repeated colonizer assaults targeting residents and property.
In the Jordan Valley, colonizers invaded the Arab al‑Ka’abna community north of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank and stole three donkeys belonging to resident Suleiman Ka’abna.
The Al‑Baidar Bedouin Rights Organization said the theft is part of an ongoing pattern of targeting Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley to pressure them to leave the area.
Colonizers also invaded the Wadi Abu al‑Hayyat community northwest of Jericho, breaking into several Palestinian homes.
Al‑Baidar’s general supervisor, Hassan Mleihat, stated that the homes belonged to Ayed Mousa Ka’abna, Youssef Rabea’ Ka’abna, and Ibrahim Mousa Ka’abna.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli colonizers invaded Palestinian lands in the town of Al‑Khader, south of Bethlehem, and stole a horse.
Local sources said colonizers, accompanied by Israeli forces, invaded the Wadi al‑Ghawit area, assaulted farmer Murad Hussein Issa while he was plowing his land, and attempted to force him to leave. The colonizers later returned armed with knives and other sharp tools and stole Issa’s horse under threat.
In the northern West Bank, colonizers invaded the eastern area of the village of Burin, south of Nablus, and attacked Palestinian homes. Residents confronted the attackers, prompting Israeli forces to fire tear gas canisters at the villagers. No injuries were reported.
Also, a group of colonizers invade “Burqa National Park” west of the al-Mas’udiyya area, northwest of Nablus, and attacked the Palestinians.
In Tulkarem, in northwestern West Bank, Israeli colonizers invaded the town of Qaffin, north of the city, and assaulted residents, wounding one.
On Friday night, Israeli colonizers shot a Palestinian young man in the town of Ath-Thaheriya, southwest of Hebron.