Ramallah: Three Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets on Saturday after Israeli forces intervened during an attack by Israeli colonists on the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, according to local officials.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Marwan Sabbah, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, stated that Israeli colonists entered the outskirts of the village and stole four sheep before residents confronted them. He reported that Israeli forces then arrived at the scene and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at residents, injuring three people.
Sabbah warned that Umm Safa is facing a systematic campaign of forced displacement, noting that the village has become surrounded by Israeli colonial outposts from all directions. He emphasized that residents are unable to access their agricultural land because of repeated colonist attacks.
Areas northwest of Ramallah have witnessed a sustained increase in attacks by Israeli colonists. These incidents include land leveling, land seizures, and assaults on Palestinians and their property, often occurring under the protection of Israeli forces.