NNA - Israeli settlers late last night carried out a series of attacks against Palestinians and their properties in multiple locations in the occupied West Bank.
Tens of settlers, backed by military forces, gathered at the junction of the village of Ein al-Beida, in the northern Jordan Valley, and pelted stones at passing Palestinian-registered vehicles, whilst Israeli forces provided them with protection.
Forces joined in on the attack, firing tear gas canisters at the residents, causing several cases of suffocation among them.
In the meantime, a group of settlers carried out similar attacks against Palestinian vehicles driving through the Ramin plain to the west of Tulkarem, causing damages to many cars.
Settlers also gathered at Shufa military checkpoint and hampered the access of Palestinian vehicles attempting to cross through.
According to the Ministry of Health, a seriously injured one-and-a-half-year-old child and a paramedic crew, who were transporting the infant to a hospital near Qaliqilia, miraculously survived a settler attack carried out near the settlement of Kedumim against the ambulance.
Director of Darwish Nazzal Governmental Hospital in Qalqilya, Ramez Abdullah, said that an ambulance heading to a hospital in Nablus to transport a seriously-injured infant suffering from fractions in the face and skull and brain hemorrhage was attacked with stones by settlers, breaking its rear windshield and causing body damage.
The ambulance crew and the child miraculously survived the attack, he said.
The minister of Health, Mai al-Kileh, condemned this attack, describing it as a recurring theme that has become normal in light of the international silence and the double-standard policy pursued by the world countries.
Palestinian residents also managed last night to fend off a settler attack against their homes. Scores of extremist settlers, backed by Israeli military soldiers, gathered at the western entrance to the town of Beit Istiya, west of Salfit, and attempted to attack Palestinian residents’’ homes, but were fended off by residents.
Settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles at the entrance to the village of Harris to the west of Salfit. Settlers closed entrances to the village and opened live fire on residents. No injuries were reported.
Settlers also attacked commuters near the town of Deir Sharaf, northwest of Ramallah. An ambulance was also attacked near Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus. ----WAFA
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