Israeli Settlers Kill Young Palestinian, Injure 40 in Widespread West Bank Attacks
Violent settler assaults, backed by Israeli forces, leave one Palestinian dead and dozens injured, amid escalating attacks parallel to the war on Gaza.
Watan-A Palestinian was killed and at least 40 others—including women and children—were injured on Friday following a wide escalation of attacks by Israeli settlers and occupation forces on several towns across the West Bank. The surge in violence runs parallel to the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the fatality occurred during a brutal settler assault on the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. Local sources reported that 40 people were injured in the town as settlers carried out beatings and stone attacks, prompting confrontations between local residents and the attackers.
In a statement, the ministry identified the martyr as Saif al-Din Kamel Abdel Karim Muslat, 23, who died after being severely beaten by settlers in Sinjil.
The Palestinian Red Crescent also confirmed it handled multiple injuries, including two critical head injuries, which were transferred to hospitals for treatment.
In the southern West Bank, settlers attacked the town of Al-Minya, east of Bethlehem. The head of the local council, Zayed Kawazbeh, said the settlers assaulted residents with stones under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The army then fired tear gas at the population, leading to several suffocation cases, including a 3-year-old girl who suffered a head injury.
Similar attacks were reported in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, where settlers stormed Palestinian homes and assaulted two young men. The Red Crescent confirmed both were transferred to the hospital.
These attacks appear to be part of a systematic escalation. According to the Palestinian Authority’s Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, 2,153 settler attacks have taken place since the beginning of 2025, resulting in the killing of four Palestinians so far.
الشهيد سيف الدين مصلط الذي ارتقى جراء اعتداء المستوطنين عليه بالضرب الشديد قرب بلدة سنجل شمال رام الله. pic.twitter.com/ilnSLclICe
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This West Bank violence occurs in parallel with the Israeli war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, and has so far, according to Palestinian sources, left over 195,000 people dead or injured, the majority of them children and women. Around 10,000 remain missing, with hundreds of thousands displaced, amid ongoing U.S. support for Israel.
