IDF says searching for Palestinian attackers after 2 settlers injured in West Bank clash

Two young Israelis were wounded after being attacked by Palestinians in the central West Bank earlier today, the military and medics say.

The IDF says it received reports that a group of Palestinians armed with batons, a knife and stones, attacked Israelis near the village of Dayr Dibwan, just outside Ramallah.

“Upon receiving the report, IDF and police forces rushed to the scene. IDF troops began searching the village of Dayr Dibwan, where the attackers fled,” the army says.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it treated two male Israelis, aged 18 and 17, who were lightly wounded in the incident.

Earlier reports have described the incident as clashes between settlers and Palestinians, saying three Palestinians were also injured and that settlers set fire later to several buildings in a Bedouin village near Jaba, a Palestinian town in the central West Bank.