RAMALLAH, Palestine / ANKARA

Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a medical source said.

Witnesses said Israeli forces raided Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, and interrogated several residents.

Clashes erupted between angry residents and Israeli forces, who used live fire and rubber-coated bullets during the violence, they added.

Two Palestinians were injured in the clashes, including one seriously, the medical source said.

The Islamic Jihad group said that its fighters had detonated an explosive device at an Israeli military vehicle in the town.

No information was available about injuries among Israeli soldiers.

Meanwhile, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said illegal Israeli settlers assaulted two Palestinians in the Khirbet Yarza Bedouin community, east of Tubas in the northern West Bank.

The attack occurred as the illegal settlers attempted to steal livestock of Palestinian villagers in the area, Wafa said.

Nearly 960 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,000 others injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, according to Palestinian figures.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.