Masafer yatta: Several Palestinians, including a woman, were injured and two others were detained in an attack by Israeli colonists, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, on Saturday evening in the villages of al-Rakeez and al-Tuwana in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the head of the al-Tuwana village council, Muhammad Rab'i, reported that colonists stormed the Sha'b al-Tuwana area and assaulted residents by beating them and throwing stones. Several residents sustained bruises and wounds, including a woman from the al-Adra family, who was transported to Yatta Governmental Hospital by Red Crescent ambulance crews.
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamreh informed WAFA that colonists also stormed al-Rakeez village, resulting in several injuries and bruises. Among the injured was Saeed al-Amour, 60, whose leg was previously amputated after a colonist fired live bullets at him. Makhamreh further noted that the occupation forces declared the villages a closed military zone, preventing Red Crescent crews from transporting the elderly Saeed al-Amour to the hospital and arrested Ashraf Al-Amour and Naim Al-Adra, 60, from the village of Al-Tuwana.
According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation forces and colonists conducted more than 1,613 attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank during the month of August.