Settlers attack Palestinians, vandalize property near Nablus; 7 reported injured |
Seven Palestinians were hospitalized Saturday morning after settlers attacked them in the village of Madama, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.
Two men, aged 72 and 53, were shot in the leg, medics said, and a 46-year-old man sustained shrapnel injuries to the face, while two other men, aged 40 and 43, and two women aged 45 and 53, were beaten.
Madama village chief Rami Nassar tells WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, that dozens of settlers from a new outpost north of Madama took part in the attack on shepherds on the village outskirts.
According to Nassar and the Red Crescent, the IDF arrived on the scene and initially prevented the medics from attending to the wounded.
The military and police did not immediately comment.
Settlers hurled stones at a home and smashed the windows of several cars overnight in the Palestinian town of Beita, also south of Nablus, according to WAFA.
Palestinian media published security camera footage timestamped to 15 minutes past midnight that showed five people clad in dark hoodies wielding clubs and throwing rocks at a home on the outskirts of the town.
Threads of tzitzit, a ritual Jewish undergarment, were seen peeking out from under some of the attackers’ hoodies.
لحظة هجوم المستtوطنين على منطقة جبل بئر قوزا في بلدة بيتا جنوب نابلس........