Three Palestinians reportedly wounded as settlers hurl stones in West Bank

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Three Palestinians were reportedly wounded on Monday as settlers hurled stones at businesses and cars in the town of Hawara south of Nablus in the West Bank.

According to Palestinian reports, three Palestinians were lightly injured and the windows of some 20 cars and two stores were shattered in the attack.

According to a security source, the incident took place during celebrations marking the release from prison of a settler from Yizhar who had been convicted of assaulting Palestinians last year. The settler was a minor at the time.

The source said the settler’s friends travelled in a convoy through Hawara, where some left their vehicles and threw stones at Palestinian cars. Footage of the incident shows soldiers standing at the side of the road and a military jeep is seen driving behind the settlers’ vehicles.

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The military has not yet issued a response for this article.

In another recent case of violence by residents of West Bank settlements, on Friday, seven Israeli human rights activists were lightly injured in an attack near the Palestinian village of Burin in the West Bank.

According to some of the activists, they were attacked by a group of about 15 masked assailants who came from the nearby unauthorized outpost of Givat Ronen. The group then fled the scene before Israeli soldiers arrived.