A Palestinian citizen was wounded in the hand today after Israeli settlers attacked his vehicle near the village of Al-Mughayyer, to the east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, local sources told WAFA.
A number of Israeli settlers attacked the vehicle of a citizen from the town of Beitunia near the village of Al-Mughayyer, injuring him in the hand, the sources added.
The vehicle’s windshield was shattered as a result of the attack, while the man was taken Al-Mughayyer Medical Center for treatment.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank, and is backed and supported by the hard-right Israeli government.
There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers illegally occupying portions of the West Bank in violation of international law and established norms prohibiting the relocation of the occupying power’s civil population to the land of the occupied.
Source: Palestine News & Information Agency