AL-KHALIL, (The Palestinian Information Center)Five young Palestinian men were injured by Israeli gunfire, and dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation, following violent confrontations in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the camp and fired live bullets, tear gas, and sound grenades, which led to the outbreak of intense clashes. Palestinian youths responded by throwing stones and empty bottles at the military vehicles.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medical teams treated three people shot with live bullets inside the camp, two of them were hit in the legs, while a young woman sustained a grazing bullet wound to the neck.
Medical sources at Yatta Governmental Hospital confirmed that five gunshot wounds from the camp were admitted to the emergency room. Additional injuries caused by tear gas inhalation were treated on-site, especially as IOF heavily fired tear gas toward homes, vehicles, and residents.
In a related incident on Sunday evening, two Palestinians were injured and three others arrested following a settler attack on Khirbet Khilet al-Dabe’, in Masafer Yatta, south of al-Khalil.
Local and medical sources confirmed that a Palestinian man and his wife suffered bruises after settlers attacked their home. The Red Crescent reported treating both victims on the spot after they were beaten by settlers.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians after briefly holding a group of citizens in the village. Settlers also stole livestock feed from a farm owned by Mohammad Badawi Dababseh.
According to a report by the Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements, Israeli settlers carried out 466 attacks across the West Bank in July 2024 alone. These assaults resulted in the killing of four Palestinians, the forced displacement of two Bedouin communities (50 families), and attempts to establish 15 new illegal outposts.
