RAMALLAH / Awad al-Rajoub / Anadolu

Three Palestinians were injured Thursday evening in an attack by settlers, while the Israeli army arrested seven others in the southern occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews treated three injuries in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron city, after they were attacked by settlers, without specifying the nature of the injuries or whether they were treated on site or taken to hospital.

For his part, Osama Mukhamara, an activist monitoring Israeli violations in Masafer Yatta, said regarding the same incident that settlers attacked the family of Aayed Murr in the hamlet of Khirbet Aminizel east of the town of Yatta, assaulting its members, resulting in injuries.

He added in a statement that the settlers seized a flock of sheep belonging to the targeted family, while the army, which arrived at the scene after the attack, arrested seven Palestinians.

The West Bank has seen an escalation in attacks by the Israeli army and settlers since October 2023, which, according to official Palestinian data, has resulted in the killing of 1,181 Palestinians and the wounding of about 13,000, in addition to the arrest of nearly 24,000 Palestinians.