Occupation fires at a detainee in the Jordan Valley and settlers injure 8 Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli forces shot a detained Palestinian in a military base in the occupied West Bank, while settlers injured eight others in various attacks.
On Saturday, Israeli military forces shot a Palestinian detainee who was held in a military base in the Jordan Valley, following a series of settler attacks that resulted in injuries and arrests among the Palestinian population. The Israeli army reported that the fifty-something detainee was shot after allegedly attacking a female soldier with a stick. The man had been arrested a day earlier at the Allenby Bridge and subsequently transferred to a military facility where he suffered a gunshot wound to his knee, resulting in moderate injuries.
Simultaneously, eight Palestinians were injured in multiple attacks carried out by armed settlers in northern and central areas of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley. Medical and local sources indicated that three young men sustained injuries during a settler assault in the northern Jordan Valley. Additionally, another three Palestinians were reported injured after a similar attack in the town of Beit Imeer near Nablus. In the eastern region of Ramallah, settlers closed the road between the village of Ramon and Deir Dubwan and violently assaulted two local residents.
The ongoing violence highlights the tense and precarious situation in the West Bank, where confrontations between Palestinians and settlers continue to escalate. The incidents further complicate the already strained relations between the Israeli authorities and Palestinian communities, raising concerns about the safety of civilians in these areas and the prospects for peace amidst ongoing hostilities.