3 Palestinians injured in attack by illegal Israeli settlers in southern West Bank

Three Palestinians were injured on Friday when illegal Israeli settlers attacked Al-Minya village in the central occupied West Bank, about 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) southeast of Bethlehem, Anadolu news agency reported.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medical teams in Bethlehem treated three assault cases in the Al-Minya neighbourhood, where illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians. The injured were taken to a hospital for treatment, it said, without providing additional details.

According to the Palestinian government-run Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission, illegal Israeli settlers carried out 375 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank during January.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continues its devastating offensive in Jenin and Tulkarem, the northern West Bank, which began on 21 January and has already killed over 30 people, displaced thousands, and caused widespread destruction.

A ceasefire agreement has been in place in Gaza since 19 January, suspending Israel’s genocidal war that has killed more than 48,200 people, mostly women and children, and left the enclave in ruins.

Since the war began on 7 October 2023, Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 912 Palestinians across the occupied territory, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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