Settlers raid multiple Palestinian villages, wounding woman and child; no arrests made

Settlers raided the central West Bank Palestinian village of Duma this morning and assaulted a woman on the outskirts of the town, Haaretz reports.

Duma residents then sought to repel the attack, hurling stones that struck and lightly wounded one of the settler attackers.

Settlers then proceeded to attack a Bedouin hamlet adjacent to Duma, violating a closed military order that the IDF has put in place there.

During the attack, several Palestinian vehicles were vandalized and a child suffered a face injury caused by glass shards from a window of a makeshift home smashed by the attackers.

The settlers also doused the homes targeted in pepper spray.

Among the families targeted in the attack were ones who had fled the nearby Ein Rashash community after coming under repeated settler attacks that were ignored by Israeli authorities toward the end of 2023, Haaretz says.

Later in the afternoon, IDF forces finally arrived at Duma but proceeded to arrest one of the Israeli solidarity activists at the scene, rather than any of the settler attackers, who were allowed to flee the area and return to one of their neighboring illegal outposts.

The IDF issues a statement that only acknowledges the wounded Israeli suspect from the morning and makes no mention of the settler attacks.

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