Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Child During Raid in Al-Mughayyir East of Ramallah
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Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Child During Raid in Al-Mughayyir East of Ramallah

16 June, 2026.Gaza Genocide.13 sources

Key Takeaways

  • Palestinian child injured during Israeli raid on al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.
  • Israeli forces raided homes in al-Mughayyir amid the attack.
  • Incidents reflect broader West Bank raids and escalations by settlers in the area.

Raid Injures Child

A Palestinian child was injured by gunfire from Israeli enemy forces on Tuesday in the town of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, during an ongoing raid, according to وكالة سبأ.

The same source said a 15-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder and was subsequently transferred to a hospital in Ramallah, where her condition was described as stable, according to the Palestinian news agency (Wafa).

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وكالة سبأ reported that enemy forces closed the entrances to Al-Mughayyir, preventing movement in and out, while continuing their raid and deployment in the town's streets, accompanied by live fire and toxic tear gas.

In a related incident, Israeli enemy forces stormed the homes of citizens in the town of Al-Sawahira al-Sharqiya, east of occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday evening, searched and vandalized their contents, assaulted the owners, and confiscated their mobile phones, the source said.

Settlers Smash Vehicles

Local sources reported that settlers attacked and smashed two vehicles on the road between the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and the city of Salfit on Tuesday evening, according to WAFA Agency.

WAFA said the colonists attacked two vehicles belonging to two young Palestinian men from Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya while they were passing on the Ein al-Sha’er road linking the village and Salfit, and shattered the windows of both vehicles with stones, causing material damage.

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In a separate report, دنيا الوطن described the same incident as settlers smashing two vehicles between Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Salfit, saying the attackers pelted the windows of the two vehicles with stones and caused material damage.

The two reports both tied the attack to the road connecting Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Salfit, including the “Ain al-Shaar”/“Ein al-Sha’er” road naming used in each account.

War Context and Numbers

The West Bank violence described in TRT Français came as the same set of sources tied the current escalation to Israel's “brutal war against the Gaza Strip,” which has killed more than 44,500 people, mostly women and children, since October 7, 2023, according to وكالة الانباء والمعلومات الفلسطينية.

Illegal Israeli settlers carried out coordinated attacks in 13 localities in the occupied West Bank over the past two days, injuring Palestinians and causing significant property damage, according to Palestinian officials and witnesses

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That report also said at least 803 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 6,450 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Ministry of Health.

TRT Français said illegal Israeli settlers carried out coordinated attacks in 13 localities in the occupied West Bank over the past two days, injuring Palestinians and causing significant property damage, and it cited Wafa for simultaneous attacks since Saturday evening.

In the same TRT Français account, it added that since the start of the war in Gaza on October 8, 2023, attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers in the West Bank have killed 1,133 Palestinians, wounded about 11,700 more, and led to the arrest of about 22,000 people.

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