At least 14 Palestinians and two foreign journalists were wounded in attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers across the occupied West Bank, officials and medics said.
Abdel Azim Wadi, the mayor of Qusra in the occupied West Bank, told Anadolu on Saturday that dozens of illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the town’s Ras al-Ain area, firing tear gas and hurling stones.
Around seven people were wounded inside and around the house, mostly from tear gas inhalation, and were treated at the scene, he said.
Wadi said a siege imposed by illegal settlers around three houses in the town of Qusra has continued for the 21st consecutive day, leaving the families struggling to obtain food, water and other daily necessities.
In the nearby Jalud town, occupiers attacked a Palestinian family and two foreign journalists accompanying them, local sources told Anadolu.
A Palestinian man and his wife suffered bruises and were taken to a hospital for treatment, while the two journalists sustained wounds, one to the hand and the other to the back, after being severely beaten by illegal Israeli settlers, the sources said, without providing further details about their identities.
Earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews treated two people wounded by Israeli fire in the Al-Amari refugee camp in Al-Bireh, the central West Bank.
One of those injured was a 15-year-old child, while the other, a young man, was shot in the foot, it said, adding that both were transferred to a hospital.
Separately, three Palestinians, including two elderly women, were injured in attacks by illegal Israeli settlers in Ramallah province.
Local sources told Anadolu that Abdel Fattah Hamayel was severely beaten by a group of illegal Israeli settlers while heading to his land in the Al-Ras area between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
The illegal Israeli settlers also stole his vehicle before he was taken to the Abu Falah Medical Centre for treatment, the sources said.
In the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, two elderly sisters, aged 75 and 65, were injured when illegal Israeli settlers attacked them while they were picking figs on their land.
The two women suffered bruises and wounds, while the attackers stole their phones and a vehicle key, according to local sources.
In the southern occupied West Bank, illegal Israeli settlers also carried out provocative tours of agricultural land in the Khalayel al-Louz area southeast of Bethlehem, local sources said.
According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and illegal Israeli settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians, their land, and property in July, including 1,458 by Israeli forces and 798 by illegal Israeli settlers.
Israeli forces conduct military incursions across the occupied West Bank on a near-daily basis, often involving gunfire, home raids, and arrests.
Since the start of Israel’s Gaza genocide in October 2023, Israeli forces and illegal Israeli settlers have stepped up attacks across the occupied West Bank, alongside the expansion of illegal settlements and increased restrictions on Palestinian movement.
