Settlers attack Palestinians, property in Masafer Yatta, Ramallah

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
24 Jun 2023 19:52
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Scores of illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and their property in the villages of Umm Safa and Al-Tuwane in the occupied West Bank.

Plumes of smoke rise as a result of Israeli settlers' attack against the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, Palestine, on June 24, 2023 (WAFA)

In a new rampage carried out on Saturday by scores of illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, a number of Palestinians were injured, bruised, and suffocated, while several houses and vehicles were set on fire, in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, state-run Palestinian news agency WAFA reported, citing local sources.

Dozens of armed Israeli settlers attacked Umm Safa and targeted Palestinian citizens' homes and facilities with gunfire.

Watch: In the ongoing arson attack on Umm Safa village, west of Ramallah, Israeli terrorists, supported by the army, deliberately set Palestinian homes and vehicles ablaze. pic.twitter.com/RM64Mb1HK4
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2023

Palestinian firefighters evacuate several children who were trapped in their homes after Israeli terror settler militias set fire to their family homes in Umm Safa village, in the central occupied West Bank, today. pic.twitter.com/7OXHrXt43A
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2023

WAFA pointed out that an ambulance carrying a patient was damaged during the attack, adding that a paramedic was lightly injured as a result.

Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila condemned the Israeli settlers' attack on the ambulance, urging the international community to intervene to protect Palestinian medical staff and people from the continuous Israeli settlers' terrorism, which is carried out under the eyes of the Israeli occupation forces and government.

In Pictures: Israeli terrorists attack an ambulance with a patient inside as they continue their arson assault on the village of Umm Safa, west of Ramallah. pic.twitter.com/UP2erV3ZWo
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2023

Palestinian activist Ibrahim Ebayat confirmed to WAFA that during the rampage, occupation forces did not prevent the settlers from burning homes and vehicles and attacking Palestinians.

In a related context, WAFA reported that Israeli settlers burned about 50 dunums of corps in the village of Al-Tuwane in Masafer Yatta, south of occupied Al-Khalil.

The news agency cited local activist Rateb Al-Jabour as saying that the settlers set fire to Palestinian crops in the village owned by three villagers, leading to their destruction.

Al-Jabour highlighted that in light of the expansion of illegal Israeli settlement outposts in Masafer Yatta, settlers intensified their attacks against Palestinian citizens' property, crops and pastures, wells, and houses.