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Palestinian Injuries From Settler Attack Expose Expanding Civilian Risk in the West Bank

At least two Palestinians were injured in Beit Furik near Nablus after an attack blamed on Israeli settlers, while children suffered tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces fired into a home northeast of Ramallah. The incidents add to a pattern of violence that increasingly leaves West Bank civilians — including minors — absorbing the shock of a conflict they do not control.

In a conflict dominated by airstrikes, cease‑fire talks, and military operations, the latest violence in the occupied West Bank is a reminder that for many Palestinians, danger arrives not from jets but from neighboring hillsides and soldiers at the edge of town. Local medical teams say at least two Palestinians were injured on 8 August following an attack by Israeli settlers in Beit Furik, near Nablus, while children were among those affected by tear gas fired by Israeli forces northeast of Ramallah. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that it treated two injured young men in Beit Furik, a town east of Nablus, after what it described as an assault by…

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