SALFIT, April 18, 2025 (WAFA) — Several Palestinians were injured on Friday after Israeli colonists carried out attacks in the villages of Farkha and Bddya in the occupied West Bank province of Salfit, with the backing of Israeli occupation forces, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondent reported that colonists assaulted a group of Palestinians in the Al-Yanbou’ area of Farkha, southwest of Salfit. Israeli forces who accompanied the colonists did not intervene to stop the assault but instead detained the Palestinian victims for several hours.
In a separate attack in the Khallet Hassan area north of Biddya, three more Palestinians sustained injuries and bruises after being attacked by colonists.
The victims were identified as Ahmad Sarsour from the village of Sarta, and brothers Saqr and Abdel Rahim Al-Aqra’ from Bidya. Sarsour was transferred to Salfit Government Hospital for treatment, while the Al-Aqra’ brothers were detained by Israeli forces and taken to the Yakir settlement military post.
The Khallet Hassan area has been a hotspot for settler expansion efforts, with colonists attempting to seize Palestinian land through repeated provocations, the placement of mobile homes, and grazing sheep on private property.
These attacks are part of a broader campaign of settler violence and land appropriation across the occupied West Bank, often carried out under the protection of Israeli forces.
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