ISTANBUL

Three Palestinians, including two children, were injured in two attacks by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, medics said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said a 15-year-old boy was injured by live fire in his leg and another child, 13, was wounded by bullet shrapnel in his leg in a settler attack on the village of Jaba, south of Jenin.

The organization said the two children were transferred to the hospital for medical attention.

A third Palestinian was badly beaten by illegal settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron city, and was treated on the spot, the society said.

According to Palestinian figures, illegal Israeli settlers carried out 2,971 attacks in the occupied West Bank in 2024, during which ten Palestinians were killed and over 14,000 trees destroyed.

Tension has been running high across the West Bank due to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed over 46,500 people, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, 2023.

At least 847 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 6,700 injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

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.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi