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West Bank raids and attacks
Shafaq News said Israeli forces and settlers raided several areas of the West Bank overnight and early Sunday, searching homes, damaging property, and sparking confrontations across Beita, Burqa, Asira Al-Qibliya, Urif, Awarta, Einabus, Beit Furik, Hawara, and Qusra in Nablus.
“Israeli forces and settlers raided several areas of the West Bank overnight and early Sunday”
In Nablus, Shafaq News reported soldiers tampered with photographs of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and removed a Palestinian flag, while settlers damaged greenhouses in Beit Furik and threw stones at vehicles near the Shilo settlement.
In Al-Khalil (Hebron), Palestinian media said the military closed the entrance to Farsh Al-Hawa and raided Idhna, while property was set ablaze by settlers in Wadi Al-Rakhim in Masafer Yatta.
Shafaq News also said searches were reported near Jenin and in Qalqilya, where stun grenades and tear gas were fired, and that operations extended to Jericho, Bethlehem, and other parts of Jenin.
Injuries, arrests, and property damage
The اليوم السابع reported that six Palestinians were injured, one of them by live ammunition, during an attack by extremist settlers in Wadi al-Rakhem south of Yatta town, south of Hebron.
It said anti-occupation activist Osama Makhamrah told the Palestinian News Agency WAFA that a Palestinian was hit by bullets fired by settlers from the Susiya settlement, and that five other residents, including women, were injured with bruises and wounds after being assaulted by the settlers.
In the same context, the report said settlers attacked Palestinians at the Nabi Saleh Mosque in the al-Jalateyah neighborhood of Idna town west of Hebron, beating them, while WAFA reported Israeli soldiers arrested seven residents after ejecting them from the mosque.
The report added that settlers erected a tent on residents’ lands in the al-Jalateyah neighborhood and brought a flock of sheep, destroying a citizen’s vehicle on the spot.
Scale of incidents and detention
Shafaq News said the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission recorded 2,256 incidents across the West Bank in July, including 1,458 attributed to the Israeli military.
“recorded 2,256 incidents across the West Bank in July”
It also stated that at least 1,168 Palestinians, including 210 children, have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
The same Shafaq News article said the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society estimates that more than 21,000 have been detained.
In parallel, the article said the West Bank has seen a rise in violence since the Gaza war broke out, with settler attacks becoming nearly daily and the Israeli army increasing its deployment, operations, and checkpoints, according to France 24.
