Five Palestinians were injured on Friday as a result of an attack by Israeli settlers who assaulted them in eastern Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated in a statement that medical teams are dealing with five minor injuries resulting from the assault by settlers in the town of Silwad.
Eyewitnesses reported that settlers attacked Palestinian families in Silwad while they were heading to olive groves and assaulted them with sticks and stones, while preventing others from reaching their fields.
Palestinian lands are subjected annually to assaults by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army during the olive harvest season, which hinders farmers who face attacks and injuries from accessing their lands.
Over the course of two years, Israeli settlers have carried out 7,154 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of 33 citizens, according to data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The assault took place under the protection of the Israeli army.
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West Bank.. 5 Palestinians injured in settler attack east of Ramallah