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Israeli, Palestinian shepherds wounded in West Bank violence; IDF only arrests Palestinians

By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid 28 March 2025, 5:29 pm
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A Palestinian shepherd wounded in an alleged attack by Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank on March 28, 2025. (Beyond the Herd/X)
A Palestinian shepherd wounded in an alleged attack by Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank on March 28, 2025. (Beyond the Herd/X)

Twenty-two residents of the southern West Bank Palestinian village of Jinba have been arrested by the IDF, a resident of the hamlet tells The Times of Israel, with the army saying it detained Palestinians involved in a violent confrontation with Israeli settlers.

But footage from the scene shortly before the arrival of the IDF shows dozens of settlers raiding the village, attacking residents and property. Three Palestinians were injured in the assault, including a 15-year-old who is in serious condition.

The raid came shortly after reports that an Israeli shepherd from the area was assaulted. That incident appears to be connected to the assault of a pair of Palestinian shepherds by settlers. Settlers subsequently stormed Jinba apparently in order to avenge the attack on the Israeli shepherd.

Despite the injuries to Palestinians and the footage of the settler attack, the IDF has not arrested any Israelis.

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Residents of Jinba also accuse the IDF of using excessive force, saying soldiers hurled stun grenades inside homes.

The IDF in its statement says that it received a report earlier this morning that an Israeli citizen was attacked by Palestinians near the southern West Bank’s Mitzpeh Yair outpost. Troops dispatched to the scene along with police officers and “began a chase after the terrorists,” the IDF says, without elaborating how security forces knew who to chase.

“Shortly thereafter, a violent confrontation developed between several Israeli citizens and several Palestinians, during which an Israeli civilian was injured and evacuated for medical treatment,” the IDF says. “A report was received regarding several Palestinians who were injured and received treatment from medical personnel.”

“IDF troops worked to disperse the violent confrontation and arrested several Palestinian suspects near the location. The suspects were transferred for further interrogation,” the army adds.

Jinba is part of the conglomerate of villages that make up Masafer Yatta — the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ about settler violence and Israeli demolitions in the West Bank.

Arrests of Israelis in incidents of settler violence are highly rare. The head of the police’s West Bank division is currently under investigation for allegedly refusing to crack down on the phenomenon to curry favor in the eyes of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Israel’s failure to prosecute near-daily incidents of settler violence led the Biden administration and multiple European governments to begin sanctioning violent Israeli extremists last year.

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