RAMALLAH, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), A Palestinian woman and her son were injured on Monday evening when Jewish settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), attacked the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah.
Sayel Kanaan, head of the village council, said Jewish settlers attacked an agricultural structure east of the village and assaulted a woman in her 50s with clubs and stones, causing bleeding from her head and bruising.
Kanaan added that the settlers also attacked the woman’s 10-year-old son by spraying pepper spray in his face, causing him to suffer breathing difficulties.
He said the settlers also stormed a home in the eastern part of the village, assaulted women and children inside and vandalized its contents. No injuries were reported in that attack.
Kanaan said the IOF raided the area to protect the settlers and detained several young Palestinian men who were near the home targeted in the attack.
He added that another group of settlers attacked the village from the west and attempted to set fire to a vehicle scrapyard and a livestock shed.
Burqa has been subjected to repeated Jewish settler attacks alongside continuing raids by Israeli occupation forces.
2,256 attacks in July
According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the IOF and settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians, their land and property during July.
The commission said Israeli forces were responsible for 1,458 attacks, while settlers carried out 798 during the same month.
The attacks were concentrated in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, which recorded 260 attacks, followed by Nablus with 247, Jenin with 190, Bethlehem with 185, and al-Khalil with 170.
The commission said the figures demonstrate clear coordination between Israeli military power and settler attacks, with the Israeli army providing protection, support and an enabling environment that allows the attacks to expand and their consequences to become lasting realities on the ground.
