Israeli Settlers Raid Southern West Bank City of al-Khalil, Injure Palestinian
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, launched an attack on the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), resulting in the stabbing of a young Palestinian man.
The victim, identified as Abdullah Ragheb Abu Eisha, sustained knife wounds during the assault, which saw the settlers targeting Palestinians and their residences in al-Khalil's Tel Rumeida neighborhood on Saturday evening, according to Palestinian media reports.
In the course of the violent incursion, the Israeli settlers hurled stones and bottles at Palestinians and caused damage to the windows of their homes.
Additionally, on the same day, Israeli settlers celebrated the seizure of a Palestinian residence near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil.
Al-Khalil is home to approximately 160,000 Palestinians and around 500 Israeli settlers, who frequently engage in aggressive acts against the local Palestinian population.
Settler violence against Palestinian individuals and property has become a recurrent occurrence in the occupied West Bank and is seldom prosecuted by the Tel Aviv authorities.
Furthermore, on the very same day, Israeli troops conducted a raid on the town of Beita, resulting in dozens of Palestinians sustaining injuries following clashes with the invading Israeli forces.
Residents, as reported by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, disclosed that Israeli forces carried out the raid in the early hours of the day, forcibly entered several residences, violently ransacked them, and discharged tear gas canisters indiscriminately in multiple neighborhoods.
Tensions have remained elevated throughout the West Bank over the past year, with the Israeli military conducting nearly nightly raids.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 200 Palestinians have lost their lives in the occupied territories at the hands of occupying soldiers.