Illegal Israeli Colonizers Attack Tubas, Nablus and Hebron, Wound Palestinians and Steal Livestock
Key Takeaways
- Illegal Israeli colonizers wounded six Palestinians near Nablus.
- Colonizers injured additional Palestinians near Hebron in the southern West Bank.
- Before dawn, colonizers stormed Tubas and Jordan Valley communities, wounding residents.
Overview of attacks
On Monday, International Middle East Media Center reported that illegal Israeli colonizers wounded six Palestinians near Nablus and injured others near Hebron.
“On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers wounded six Palestinians near Nablus in the northern West Bank and injured a number of others near Hebron in the southern West Bank”
Before dawn settlers attacked and wounded Palestinian citizens near Tubas.
IMEMC said colonizers stormed several communities in the Tubas and Jordan Valley governorates, wounding citizens and stealing their livestock.
Tubas and Al-Malih details
The report gave detailed accounts from Tubas-area communities.
Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the Al-Malih village council, said settlers attacked several Palestinians near the village of Tayasir and that those wounded were transported to hospital.
Daraghmeh added that colonizers stormed Al-Malih, stole livestock belonging to a local farmer, vandalized homes and ransacked the Al-Malih School.
In Khribet Samra settlers stormed residents’ tents while they were asleep, causing panic and fear.
Hebron assaults reported
In the Hebron governorate the IMEMC cited WAFA and local activists reporting armed colonizers stormed homes and assaulted family members.
“On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers wounded six Palestinians near Nablus in the northern West Bank and injured a number of others near Hebron in the southern West Bank”
The article said armed colonizers assaulted several members of the Shalalda family after storming their home in Khirbet Hamroush (Sa’it).
It said settlers infiltrated Khirbet Hawara in Masafer Yatta where residents were assaulted and pepper-sprayed.
Two people — Muhammad Ali Al-Adra and Issa Muhammad Musaf — suffered inhalation injuries and bruises and were taken to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
Nablus-area incidents
Around Nablus the IMEMC said at least six Palestinians were injured across three separate settler attacks in towns south of the city.
Media sources reported that settlers assaulted and pepper-sprayed Mu’tasim Saleh in Jamma’in.
A guard from the Yitzhar colony allegedly assaulted quarry workers Tariq Rajih Ahmed Imran and Jabr Muhammad Shahada in Urif.
The article said a 61-year-old man beaten in Beita was taken to Rafidia Hospital and that PRCS ambulances transported two other beaten citizens (ages 50 and 65) to hospital.
Pattern and protection claims
The IMEMC piece highlighted that some of the colonizers acted “under army protection.”
“On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers wounded six Palestinians near Nablus in the northern West Bank and injured a number of others near Hebron in the southern West Bank”
It cited an earlier attack in Khirbet al-Marajem in Douma where settlers, according to Douma village council head Suleiman Dawabsheh, beat and pepper-sprayed citizens.
The report frames these incidents as part of a pattern of nighttime and dawn assaults that provoke panic, hospitalisations and property loss in multiple West Bank communities.
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