RAMALLAH, August 31, 2026 (WAFA) – A Palestinian woman and her 10-year-old child were injured on Monday evening in an attack carried out by colonists, under the protection of Israeli forces, on the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, a local official reported.

Head of the Village Council, Sayel Kanaan, told WAFA that colonists attacked an agricultural room east of the village and assaulted a woman in her 50s with clubs and stones, causing her to sustain a head injury and bruises. They also sprayed pepper spray in the face of her 10-year-old child, causing him to suffocate.

Colonists also raided a house in the eastern part of the village, assaulted the women and children inside, and vandalized its contents. No injuries were reported.

He added that the gun-toting soldiers stormed the area to provide protection for the assailants and detained several young men while they were in the vicinity of the home.

Meanwhile, he added that colonists targeted the village from the western side and attempted to torch a vehicle graveyard and a sheep pen.

According to the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC), the occupying forces and colonist militias carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property during July 2026. The occupation forces carried out 1,458 attacks, while colonist militias carried out 798.

The CWRC 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.

It noted that these figures demonstrate that the occupation forces clearly coordinate with colonist militias, as the occupation army provides the protection, support, and enabling environment that allows attacks to expand and turns their consequences into enduring realities on the ground.

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