Israeli Settlers Injure Four Palestinians With Stones And Pepper Spray Near Hebron

Four Palestinians were injured on Saturday in an attack by settlers in the Wadi al-Rakhim area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the West Bank, according to وكالة سبأ.

وكالة سبأ said the settlers assaulted residents with stones, clubs, and pepper spray, resulting in four injuries including bruises, cuts, and cases of suffocation, and that the injured were transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital with injuries described as moderate.

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The same وكالة سبأ report said the Wadi al-Rakhim hamlet suffers from repeated attacks by settlers that intensified after the erection of a settlement tent in the area.

It also cited that on March 7, young Amir Muhammad Shanaran was killed and his brother Khalid was seriously wounded after armed settlers shot them at close range in Wadi al-Rakhim.

In a separate West Bank incident, Anadolu Ajansı reported that three Palestinians, including a child, were wounded Saturday in two attacks by Israeli settlers, and said the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported impeded access to its medical teams as they attempted to render aid.

Anadolu Ajansı said that in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, the head of the local council, Amin Abu Alia, reported that settlers opened fire on residents and wounded two Palestinians, describing the situation as grave and saying there were two injured, a child and a young man shot in the back and in critical condition.

In the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, Anadolu Ajansı reported that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said a man was injured after being violently beaten by settlers and added that Israeli army forces impeded access to its medical teams as they attempted to render aid.

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The report also described footage relayed by Palestinian media showing two Israeli soldiers assaulting a Palestinian man inside his vehicle in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, with the mayor of Beit Furik, Aref Hanni, identifying the victim as Mohammed Al-Shouli in his forties and saying he sustained minor injuries and bruises.

In a different account focused on raids and arrests, الجزيرة نت said that Israeli occupation forces blew open the doors of several shops in Yatta before raiding them, searching them, and rummaging through their contents.

It further stated that in Nablus, WAFA quoted security sources as saying that occupation forces entered districts including al-Dhahiya, al-Ma’ajin, School Street, Beita, and Al-Mat’hana, raided and searched homes, and arrested Mohammad Amin Al-Qouqa from Al-Mat’hana Street and Raed Al-Qouqa from School Street.

الجزيرة نت tied the reported attacks and incursions to the ongoing tensions since October 2023, saying these have left more than 1,148 Palestinians martyred and about 11,750 injured, in addition to around 22,000 arrests.

“West Bank: a child among three Palestinians wounded during attacks by Israeli settlers - A video shows Israeli soldiers assaulting a Palestinian near Nablus Tarek Chouiref February 21, 2026 • Updated: February 22, 2026 Istanbul AA / Ramallah, Palestine Three Palestinians, including a child, were wounded Saturday in two separate attacks carried out by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank”

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It also cited a monthly report issued by the Palestinian Authority’s Commission for Resistance to the Wall and Settlements, saying settlers carried out 497 attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank during March, resulting in the killing of 9 Palestinians.

In a Hebron Governorate-focused report, WAFA said that on Saturday settlers attacked Palestinian local residents and their property in several areas across the Hebron Governorate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.

WAFA reported that anti-settlement activist Osama Makhameh told WAFA that dozens of colonists chased the family of Ziad Mur while they were harvesting their land in Khirbet Munizel in Masafer Yatta and stole their agricultural equipment.

WAFA also said colonists released their cattle onto Palestinian-owned land, damaging trees and crops, and described Israeli troops raiding Khirbet Sadda al-Tha'la in Masafer Yatta, searching homes and livestock pens, detaining residents, restricting their movement within the village, and assaulting them.