West Bank
\nAt least nine Palestinians have been injured as Israeli settlers rampaged through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank for a second night in a row.
\nA 45-year-old man was shot in the foot late on Sunday during a confrontation with Israeli settlers in Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, the Wafa news agency reported.
\nThe Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that a 47-year-old Palestinian man was attacked by settlers in Jabal al-Arma in Beita, while others were beaten.
\nEarlier, Israeli settlers set fire to homes and cars in two areas south of Jenin and vandalised property across the occupied West Bank.
\nSimultaneous attacks took place on Saturday night in at least six communities, including the villages of Silat ad-Dhahr and al-Fandaqumiya, both near Jenin; in Jalud and Salfit, both south of Nablus; and in the agricultural regions of Masafer Yatta and the Jordan Valley.
\nThe Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that homes and cars were set ablaze, Palestinians were pepper-sprayed, and at least five people were wounded in the assaults, which took place during the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
\nIsraeli police said they were investigating the settlers\u2019 claims that the collision was deliberate.<\/p>\n
Sunday night\u2019s attacks came after settlers in the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh held a funeral for 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman, who was killed in a collision with a Palestinian vehicle in an area north of the villages attacked.<\/p>\n
The Israeli government is pressing ahead with new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, with attention shifted to the US-Israel war on Iran.
\nAccording to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers so far this year.
\nIsrael\u2019s security cabinet last month ratified a series of decisions pushed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defence Minister Israel Katz, enabling Israel to claim large areas of the occupied West Bank as \u201cstate property\u201d if Palestinians cannot prove ownership.
\nThe Palestinian presidency condemned the decision in a statement, calling it a \u201cgrave escalation and a flagrant violation of international law\u201d that amounts to \u201cde facto annexation\u201d.
\nAmnesty International said the expansion of illegal settlements and state-backed settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory were \u201ca direct indictment of the international community\u2019s catastrophic failure to take decisive action\u201d.
\nThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in 2024 that Israel\u2019s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end \u201cas rapidly as possible\u201d.
\nThe judges pointed to a wide list of policies, including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, use of the area\u2019s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies against Palestinians \u2013 all of which it said violated international law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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