RAMALLAH, April 23, 2025 (WAFA) – Extremist colonists launched an attack against the town of Sinjil north of Ramallah on Wednesday evening, using four-wheel-drive vehicles to storm the area and torch several agricultural facilities.
Local activists reported that the attack targeted the Khirbet al-Tell area, which was previously attacked by colonists just three days ago. That earlier attack resulted in the killing of Wa’el Basem Ghafri, 48, and the injury of several others. During that raid, five agricultural structures were set ablaze, and dozens of sheep were stolen.
RAMALLAH, April 23, 2025 (WAFA) – Extremist Israeli colonists launched a large-scale attack on the town of Sinjil north of Ramallah on Wednesday evening, storming the area with four-wheel-drive vehicles and setting fire to multiple agricultural facilities.
According to local sources, eight Palestinians were injured in the attack, including one individual who sustained a gunshot wound inflicted by colonists. The precise nature of the injury remains undetermined, as Israeli forces barred Palestinian civil defense and medical teams from accessing the area to administer aid and contain the fires.
The Sinjil Village Council issued an urgent appeal calling on residents to head to the Khirbet al-Tell area to help defend the landowners and confront the ongoing colonists’ attacks.
Local activists confirmed that the assault targeted the Khirbet al-Tell area, which was attacked just three days ago. That earlier raid led to the killing of 48-year-old Wa’el Basem Ghafri, the injury of several others, the burning of five agricultural structures, and the theft of dozens of sheep.
In today’s attack, at least three additional agricultural structures were torched.
According to data from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli colonists have established 60 new colonial outposts across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the war on Gaza in October 2023. Of these, 51 were erected during 2024 alone.
The commission further reported that ongoing colonial violence and expansion across the West Bank have forcibly displaced 29 Palestinian communities, comprising 311 families and approximately 2,000 individuals, between October 7, 2023, and the end of 2024.
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According to figures released by the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, colonists have established 60 colonial outposts in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza in October 2023, 51 of which were set up in 2024 alone.
The commission further noted that Israeli colonial violence and expansion in the West Bank led to the forced displacement of 29 Palestinian communities, comprising 311 families and approximately 2,000 individuals, between October 7, 2023, and the end of 2024.
Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their properties has dramatically increased since the onset of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on October 7th, 2023.
The indiscriminate violence by Israeli colonists against Palestinian civilians and their properties has been widely condemned.
Several countries have imposed sanctions against Israeli colonists accused of committing acts of violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.
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