RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Israeli settlers injured five Palestinians, including two with gunshot wounds, in a fresh attack against a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said Saturday, while the military reported a ´violent confrontation´ in the area.
Palestinian news agency WAFA said a group of settlers attacked in the area of Rashayda, near the village of Kisan, “firing live ammunition”.
Musa Abayat, the mayor of the area east of Bethlehem, told AFP that two people were hospitalised with gunshot wounds and three others beaten with sharp objects or hit by stones.
“The settlers also stole 100 sheep,” Abayat said, decrying “daily attacks” by settlers in this part of the West Bank.
The Israeli military said there was a “violent confrontation” involving Israeli civilians who fired toward Palestinians.
“As a result of the incident, an Israeli civilian was injured and evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment,” it said in a statement to AFP.
