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Wadi al-Rakhim Injuries
Three Palestinian civilians were wounded in various settler attacks across the West Bank, including two young men beaten in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, and a civilian shot with live ammunition in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
“Three Palestinian civilians were wounded today, Saturday, in various attacks by settlers on towns and villages in the West Bank.”
WAFA said six Palestinians were injured, including one with a live-bullet wound, during an attack by colonists on Saturday night on the Wadi al-Rakhim area south of Yatta, south of Hebron.
WAFA reported that colonists from the Susiya colony opened live fire on Palestinians while attacking the area, shooting one Palestinian with live ammunition.
In the same incident described by WAFA, five others, including women, sustained bruises and injuries after being assaulted and beaten by the colonists.
Red Crescent and Names
The Red Crescent director in Nablus, Colonel Ahmad, said ambulance teams treated two young men beaten by settlers in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, according to the Palestine Online site.
وكالة سبأ also said the Red Crescent Society treated a 57-year-old man struck by live bullets in the hand during the settlers’ attack on Wadi al-Rakhim in Masafer Yatta.
Anadolu Ajansı reported that six Palestinians were injured, including three women, in a settler attack south of Hebron, and said the assault included arson of homes.
WAFA quoted anti-colonization activist Osama Makhamreh saying colonists from the Susiya colony opened live fire on Palestinians while attacking the area.
Broader Pattern and July
Beyond the specific injuries, وكالة سبأ described additional attacks including settlers firing live gunfire around the village’s school in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and settlers storming Beit Uriya al-Tahta, west of Ramallah, and the village of Jiljulya north of the governorate.
“during July alone, the enemy army and settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinian residents”
It also said local sources reported settlers entered Beit Ur al-Tahta amid gunfire with no injuries reported, and entered the area of al-Batin on the outskirts of Jiljulya and roamed on citizens’ agricultural lands.
وكالة سبأ further stated that settlers assaulted residents while they were at the Prophet Samuel Mosque in the Al-Jaltiya neighborhood of Idhna, west of Hebron, beating them.
The same article cited the Israeli Anti-Barrier and Settlement Resistance Committee saying that during July alone, the enemy army and settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinian residents and their lands and properties, including 1,458 attacks by the enemy forces and 798 by the settlers.
