Ramallah – Saba:
Three Palestinian citizens were killed and seven others were wounded by live ammunition during an attack by Zionist settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, on the town of Kafr Malik east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Another citizen was injured in a separate settler attack south of Nablus.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that three citizens were killed and seven others were shot by settlers and Israeli occupation forces during the assault on Kafr Malik, according to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).
Earlier in the day, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated that its teams treated five injured individuals from Kafr Malik after they were shot by settlers, describing their wounds as severe.
Local sources reported that dozens of settlers attacked Kafr Malik, burning vehicles and houses while residents of the town and nearby villages attempted to confront them. The sources added that Israeli occupation forces provided protection for the settlers and fired live ammunition at Palestinian civilians.
Layla Ghannam, the Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, condemned the heinous crime committed by settler gangs under the direct protection of the Israeli occupation army. She stated that this attack is a clear extension of the criminal policies pursued by the occupation in the West Bank, forming part of a series of ongoing massacres and genocide against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza.
Two days earlier, Israeli occupation forces killed 13-year-old Ammar Muataz Hmaidil, a player on the Palestinian national youth Muay Thai team, by shooting him directly in the town.
In Nablus, a Palestinian citizen was injured in the head after being struck by stones thrown by Zionist settlers in the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus. WAFA reported that a group of settlers attacked the village, pelting stones at residents and injuring one person. The settlers also burned agricultural land earlier in the day and prevented civil defense crews from reaching the fire to extinguish it.
In a related incident, settlers uprooted dozens of trees between the villages of Aqraba and Majdal Bani Fadil south of Nablus. A group of settlers attacked the area, known as "Souf," uprooting and destroying around 80 trees.
Additionally, Zionist settlers attacked the Abu Faza’a Al-Kaabneh family east of Ramallah on Wednesday evening. Hassan Malihat, the General Supervisor of the "Al-Baidar" Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that the settlers stormed the area under the protection of Israeli occupation forces and burned a parked car near a home.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that the assault followed days of provocative actions by settlers near Bedouin communities, including chanting religious slogans and issuing direct threats in an attempt to impose a new reality on the ground.
Later in the day, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that its teams treated eight citizens for suffocation due to fires set by settlers burning Palestinian property in the area.
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