Eleven Palestinians, including children, injured in Israel’s Nablus raids
Israeli settlers and soldiers storm occupied West Bank towns, make arrests days after intensified violence in town of Tal.
Israeli settlers escorted by soldiers have stormed the town of Tal and other areas southwest of Nablus in the latest escalation of violence and tensions in the occupied West Bank.
At least 11 Palestinians, including four children, were injured during a raid by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the Junaid neighbourhood of Nablus on Friday, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
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Israeli forces fired bullets as well as stun grenades and tear gas canisters, residents said.
At least one of the injured was shot in the stomach, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Israeli soldiers detained at least 10 people across the occupied West Bank on Friday, including from Nablus, Tal, Salem and Bethlehem, Palestinian media reported.
Video published on Friday by multiple Palestinian online accounts and verified by Al Jazeera showed Israeli soldiers gathering in numbers in Tal.
Al Jazeera correspondents reported settlers and soldiers entering the Ain al-Mazrab area of Tal and the al-Ameriya area west of Nablus, then leaving.
In a statement on Friday, the Israeli military said “Israeli civilians” had entered Area A of the occupied West Bank, which is prohibited under Israeli law. All have since left the Nablus area, the statement added.
It also said the army received reports that a Palestinian cemetery was vandalised.
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