RAMALLAH: Israeli settlers launched a series of attacks on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The assaults targeted homes, a mosque and agricultural land and were frequently accompanied or protected by Israeli troops, local sources were cited as saying.
In Khalayel Al-Lawz, southeast of Bethlehem, settlers threw stones at people’s homes and surrounded the area. In some cases, trees were uprooted and farmers were prevented from accessing their land.
Israeli forces provided protection for the attackers and in some cases threw stun grenades and tear gas canisters into properties, the report said. The military also later sealed off the area. In a separate attack in Al-Jiftlik, north of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, several members of the Ka’abneh family were assaulted by settlers, the report said.
Hassan Salem and Mousa Odeh Ka’abneh were later detained by Israeli forces, Eid Barahmeh, director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in Jericho, said.
