NABLUS, June 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Three Palestinians on Friday sustained injuries in an attack by Israeli colonists in the town of Beita, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) source.

The director of the PRCS’s Emergency and Ambulance center in Nablus, Amid Ahmed, said that three civilians sustained injuries after being shot by live ammunition when they were attempting to fend off a colonist attack on Beita.

He added that one of the three civilians sustained a live gunshot injury in the chest and that a fourth civilian sustained fractures due to falling. All of the casualties were rushed to a hospital.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli colonists, under Israeli forces’ protection, attacked Qammas Mount between Beita and Osarin, triggering confrontations, with the civilians attempting to repel the attack.

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.