Palestinian Injured by Occupation Forces' Fire in Qalqilya and Settler Incursions in the West Bank

A Palestinian youth was injured by bullets from occupation forces in the evening of Sunday during their incursion into the city of Qalqilya, while settlers stormed several Palestinian areas in the West Bank and carried out attacks targeting Palestinians and their property.

In parallel with the second year of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 1102 Palestinians, injuring about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

According to data from the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission (governmental) for the month of November, settlers carried out 621 attacks in the West Bank targeting Palestinians and their property.

Injury of a youth in Qalqilya and settler incursions in the West Bank

According to local sources, occupation forces stormed Qalqilya, amid firing bullets and tear gas canisters, leading to the injury of a youth (19 years old) with live fire in his foot, after which he was transferred to the hospital.

Settlers stormed the site of the evacuated settlement of Tarsala south of the city of Jenin under heavy protection from the Israeli army.

It added that "buses carrying settlers, accompanied by occupation soldiers and Israeli military vehicles, stormed the evacuated site of Tarsala, known as the settlement of 'Sanur' near the town of Jaba south of Jenin, which was evacuated in 2005, in preparation for reviving the so-called Hebrew holiday of 'Hanukkah'."

It clarified that Israeli authorities approved in May of last year the establishment of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, including the re-establishment of the settlements of 'Homesh' and 'Tarsala - Sanur' in Jenin governorate.

For its part, the Al-Haq human rights organization, in a statement, said that settlers stormed Khirbet al-Hadidiya in the northern Jordan Valley and fenced off lands of citizens from Tubas governorate "in a step aimed at imposing control over the lands and preventing free access to them."

The organization explained that "the settlers placed wires and fencing on large parts of the lands, which hindered the movement of residents and obstructed their access to their agricultural property, and raised a state of anxiety among the locals who depend on those lands in their daily lives."

South of the city of Nablus, the human rights organization said that groups of settlers stormed the Shkara cluster east of the town of Duma south of the city and "damaged the fence surrounding the homes of the residents, and spread fear among the inhabitants."

It clarified that the settlers "terrified the children and drove them away while they were playing in front of their homes, which aroused a state of panic and tension within the cluster," adding that "these violations constitute a serious escalation targeting the daily lives of the residents and the security of children in particular."

Talmudic rituals and prayers north of Hebron

East of the West Bank, 'Al-Haq' said that settlers stormed the Bedouin cluster of Shlal al-Auja south of the city of Jericho and filmed foreign and Israeli activists and harassed the residents.

It added that the incursions "reflect the continuation of the policy of tightening on the Bedouin residents in the Jordan Valley and aim to increase pressure on them in their areas," warning "of the danger of these measures on the lives of the residents and their stability."

As for the south of the West Bank, it mentioned that settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones near al-Minya southeast of Bethlehem and east of Bethlehem "which led to damage to several of them, and they lit a 'menorah' in the area."

It added that dozens of settlers stormed Khirbet (small village) al-Tariq (al-Tabiqa archaeological site) in the town of Halhul north of the city of Hebron "under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces."

It added that the settlers "performed Talmudic rituals and prayers in the place, in the presence of official and religious Jewish leaders, amid a wide deployment of occupation forces that imposed security measures in the vicinity of the area, closed the roads leading to it, and prevented citizens from movement and travel."