Israeli settlers attack Palestinian following shooting of Israeli students in West Bank

Clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians have occurred several times in the Palestinian territory this year.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
May 3, 2021
An Israeli soldier tries to extinguish flames in a burning Palestinian vehicle during a security operation in the village of Aqraba, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 3, 2021. The vehicle is suspected to have been used in a drive-by shooting of Israelis the previous day at a bus station at Tapuah junction south of Nablus.
An Israeli soldier tries to extinguish flames in a burning Palestinian vehicle during a security operation in the village of Aqraba, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 3, 2021. The vehicle is suspected to have been used in a drive-by shooting of Israelis the previous day at a bus station at Tapuah junction south of Nablus. — JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man in the West Bank today, according to Palestinian officials.

The attack took place around noon local time in the town of Far’ata west of the Palestinian city Nablus in the central West Bank. A group of settlers from the nearby Havat Gilad outpost allegedly physically assaulted Mohammad Salman while he was grazing livestock on his property. He went to the hospital due to injuries, the Palestinian Authority’s official WAFA News Agency reported.

Havat Gilad is one of several informal outposts in the West Bank that are not recognized by the Israeli government. They are often inhabited by Jewish religious nationalists.

The Israel Defense Forces did not comment on the Far’ata incident.

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