About 30 armed, far-right colonial Israeli settlers raided the Southern West Bank village of Khallet al-Daba, in Masafer Yatta, on Thursday night, assaulting and injuring Palestinians with sticks, knives, and pepper spray – even attacking a three-month-old baby with it.

Far-right Israelis on the rampage

Residents reported that at least 13 Palestinians were wounded, including a three month old baby who was pepper sprayed, two elders, children and women:

According to WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, residents of Khallet al-Daba again had their homes raided, and were injured by settlers earlier this week:

Since the start of the genocide in Gaza, in October 2023, settler violence has become systematic in the West Bank. Attacks on Palestinians have reached an all time high, with more than 430 recorded attacks in August alone. The situation has been compounded by Trump’s lifting of sanctions on more than 30 Israeli settler groups and entities, imposed by the Biden administration, soon after he came into office.

Settlers act with total impunity, and absolutely no accountability, and are protected by the occupation’s army and funded by the Israeli regime. Their actions aim to not only damage Palestinian land and homes, but also to harass, intimidate and terrorise Palestinians, forcing them off their land, so colonial settlements can be built there instead.

All settlements and settlers are illegal under international law.

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By Charlie Jaay

This post was originally published on Canary.