DayofPal– Three Palestinians were killed and at least seven others injured on Tuesday evening during a brutal assault by Israeli settlers and occupation forces in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the seven injuries included one in critical condition.
The raid is part of an alarming rise in settler-led assaults on Palestinian communities, carried out under the protection of Israeli military forces.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed its crews responded to the casualties and transported the wounded to Ramallah Government Hospital, where it said several of the injured were reported to be in serious condition.
Local sources reported that around 15 vehicles carrying armed settlers stormed the village at dusk, setting fire to homes and vehicles belonging to Palestinian residents.
The assault triggered clashes as local residents and people from nearby villages attempted to fend off the attackers.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces arrived shortly after the settlers entered the village, not to de-escalate the violence, but to provide cover for the attackers. The soldiers opened live fire on residents trying to defend their homes, resulting in additional injuries.
This latest assault comes just two days after Israeli forces fatally shot 13-year-old Ammar Mo’taz Hamayel in the same village. Hamayel, a member of the Palestinian national Muay Thai youth team, was shot directly by Israeli troops during an earlier raid.
Tuesday’s violence in Kafr Malik reflects a growing coordinated attacks by settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinian communities, particularly in rural and isolated areas of the West Bank.
Human rights groups have repeatedly warned of the impunity granted to settlers and the complicity of Israeli forces in the violence.
The international community has yet to take meaningful action to stop the ongoing attacks, which Palestinians describe as part of a broader strategy to forcibly displace them from their land.
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