Protected by the occupation army.. injuries in a series of settler attacks in the West Bank

Various areas of the occupied West Bank have witnessed, since Saturday morning, a serious escalation in settler attacks, carried out under the cover and protection of the Israeli occupation army forces, targeting citizens, their property, and their agricultural crops.

In the vicinity of occupied Jerusalem, armed settlers attacked farmers in their lands in the village of Mikhmas (northeast), and tried to prevent them from working by force of arms. This attack comes days after a similar assault on the Bedouin gathering of "Khillet al-Sidra" near the village, which resulted in injuries to citizens and foreign solidarity activists, and the burning of homes and vehicles.

In Hebron (south), a Palestinian woman was injured as a result of an attack launched by settler militias on the home of the Wadi Sa'ir guard north of the governorate.

In Ramallah Governorate, the attacks focused on the towns of Turmus Ayya and Sinjil:

Turmus Ayya: Settlers from the "Shilo" settlement attacked the home of the "Abu Awwad" family, in an attempt to impose forced isolation on them. It is worth noting that the occupation recently bulldozed thousands of dunams and uprooted 4,000 olive trees around the house for the benefit of a new settlement outpost.

Sinjil: Settlers grazed their sheep in citizens' crops in the areas of "Abu Al-Awf" and "Sha'ab Al-Nimr"; which led to their destruction. The mayor, Moataz Tawafsha, confirmed that the occupation has prevented access to 8,000 dunams in that area since the events of October 7, 2023.

In the context of monitoring, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented alarming figures for the extent of attacks during the past month, reaching 766 attacks, distributed as follows:

Ramallah and Al-Bireh: 195 attacks.

Nablus: 179 attacks.

Hebron: 126 attacks.

On the other hand, the occupation forces set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem, where they detained a number of young men and checked the identities of citizens, causing a severe traffic jam.