“Israeli” Settlers Injure Several Palestinians, Damage Vehicle in Nablus Attacks

By Staff, Agencies

Several Palestinians have been injured in an “Israeli” settler attack near Duma village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, an activist says.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlements in the northern occupied West Bank, said on Monday that a horde of “Israeli” settlers hurled stones at Palestinian cars traveling on a road near Duma, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Two Palestinians were injured in the attack and the windshields of their vehicle were smashed by the settlers.

The casualties, both residents of Qusra village, south of Nablus, were treated at the scene.

In another incident, a number of Palestinian passengers suffered eye injuries when “Israeli” settlers chased their car near Jammain town, south of Nablus, and attacked them with pepper spray.

Meanwhile, “Israeli” Occupation Forces [IOF] troops bulldozed vast tracts of Palestinian-owned land in the south of Qaryut village, south of Nablus, on the same day.

According to Daghlas, seven bulldozers belonging to the “Israeli” military leveled swaths of land in the west of Qaryut in line with efforts to expand the illegal settlements of “Eli” and “Shilo” and connect them with a road.

“Israeli” troops and settlers have been escalating their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, in an attempt to forcibly expel Palestinians from their lands and make way for expanding illegal settlements.

According to human rights groups, acts of violence by “Israeli” settlers against Palestinians and their property are a daily occurrence throughout the occupied West Bank.