RAMALLAH, August 15, 2026 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians , including children, suffered suffocation from tear gas on Saturday morning as Israeli occupation forces raided the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
Local sources reported that dozens of colonists attacked the Sha'ab al-Luz neighborhood in the northwest of the village, attempting to break into several homes. Israeli forces subsequently stormed the area and fired tear gas canisters, causing several residents, including children, to suffer from tear gas inhalation.
Villages and towns northeast of Ramallah have been subjected to ongoing raids by Israeli forces, in addition to ongoing attacks by colonists against Palestinian residents and their property.
According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli soldiers and colonists carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinian citizens, their lands, and property during the month of July. Israeli forces were responsible for 1,458 of these attacks, while colonists carried out 798.
The commission said the attacks were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh, with 260 attacks, followed by Nablus with 247, Jenin with 190, Bethlehem with 185, and Hebron with 170.
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