Child, Four Women Among Palestinians Injured in West Bank Settler Attacks

Six Palestinians, including four women and a child, were injured on Saturday in an Israeli settler attack in Ma’in village south of Hebron, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. In Deir Ammar, Israeli forces fired on farmers harvesting olives, while settlers shot and injured two Palestinians in the area. In Kafr Malek, settlers killed about 20 sheep; Mayor Najeh Rustum said Israeli forces had earlier fired tear gas that ignited a fire in a house. Settlers also destroyed olive trees and fired live ammunition at farmers in other villages, while Israeli forces arrested landowners and olive pickers.