3 Palestinians arrested after settlers attacked them in Jordan Valley, activists say

Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians after they were attacked by settlers near the Jordan Valley’s Khirbet al-Hadidiya, in the northeastern West Bank, according to Israeli activists who accompany Palestinian shepherds in the area.

The Palestinians — two men and a woman — took their livestock to graze this morning when settlers driving a small tractor chased away the flock and nearly ran over the woman, according to the Jordan Valley Activists.

The three were able to regather their crops and returned to Khirbet al-Hadidiya, where Israeli forces were waiting to arrest them after the settlers alleged that the woman hurled stones at them, the activists say.

Footage published by the activists shows the woman seated with her hands tied and her eyes blindfolded as soldiers in full gear stand over her. Police officers, who the activists say took the three Palestinians into custody, can also be seen in the footage speaking with settlers nearby.

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There were no reports of settlers being arrested in the area.

Police and the military do not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Elsewhere in the West Bank, the IDF launches a raid in Hussan, near Bethlehem, after arresting 11 people, including an 18-year-old, in a raid there early this morning, according to Palestinian media.

Two other Palestinians were arrested throughout the day in Jericho and near Nablus, according to WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency.

Separately, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society says a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was shot in the leg during an IDF raid of the Nablus-area Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp.