Palestinian sustains wounds in colonists’ attack south of Nablus

NABLUS: A Palestinian Tuesday evening sustained wounds in a colonists' attack close to the Za'tara checkpoint, south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to local sources. They said that colonists pelted Palestinian-registered vehicles with stones close to the checkpoint, which separates the northern West Bank from the southern West Bank, wounding a man in his head and causing damage to his vehicle. The casualty was identified as a resident of Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit. Colonist violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Colonist violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others. There are over 700,000 Israeli colonists living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA