RAMALLAH, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), A number of Palestinians and foreign solidarity activists were injured on Friday when Israeli settlers attacked residents of Turmus Ayya and Abu Falah towns, northeast of Ramallah, as they attempted to reach their farmland.
Local sources said the assault took place in the Al-Badud area after residents of the two towns organized a march, joined by foreign activists, to help landowners access property threatened with seizure.
The settlers intercepted the participants on the road connecting Turmus Ayya and Abu Falah and prevented them from reaching their land.
According to the sources, the attackers beat participants and sprayed Palestinians and foreign activists with pepper spray, injuring an elderly man and several solidarity activists.
In a separate incident, settlers protected by Israeli occupation forces entered the vicinity of Palestinian homes in Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
They assaulted residents and solidarity activists and sprayed them with pepper spray, injuring several people.
Settler attacks on Palestinian villages and towns across the West Bank continue under the protection of the Israeli occupation military, according to Palestinian sources.
Figures from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission show that around 750,000 Israeli settlers live across the West Bank in 141 settlements and 224 outposts.
The figure includes approximately 250,000 settlers living in 15 settlements built east of occupied Jerusalem.
