LONDON: Four Palestinian young men were wounded by live fire Sunday after Israeli settlers attacked the occupied West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, local Palestinian sources said.
Groups of settlers entered the village and attacked residents’ vehicles, the sources told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli forces accompanying the settlers then fired live ammunition and tear gas at Palestinians who confronted the attack.
Two of the men were shot in the thigh, while another was wounded in the chest and a fourth in the abdomen. All four were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Dozens of other residents were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets or treated for tear gas inhalation, the sources said.
The settlers also tried to attack several homes, including the residence of Shaaban Abu Aliya, while other groups approached houses on the western edge of the village, according to the sources.
