Palestinians wounded by Israeli soldiers, settlers during West Bank confrontation.
Jun 5, 2026
SHOTLIST: WEST BANK, PALESTINE (JUNE 5, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND ILLEGAL SETTLERS BURNING PALESTINIAN LANDS, CROWD BLOCKING ROAD, HOLDING ISRAELI FLAGS, SOLDIERS INTERVENING AGAINST PALESTINIANSWEST BANK, PALESTINE - JUNE 5: Three Palestinian men were wounded by Israeli soldiers and settlers on Friday, June 5, during a confrontation in the occupied West Bank, medical officials and local media said. The violence erupted in the al-Jalatiya area, near Hebron, where a group of armed Israeli settlers blocked a key local road using dirt mounds and stones to prevent Palestinians from accessing their properties. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the incident marked the second consecutive day that the settler group entered the area to plow Palestinian-owned agricultural lands and plant Israeli flags in an apparent attempt to seize the territory. When local residents attempted to reach their fields and confront the encroachment, Israeli soldiers deployed to the scene opened fire. The raids came after Israel's Higher Planning Council approved the construction of 2,162 new settlement units across several illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The plans include 1,006 units in the Gevaot settlement within the Gush Etzion bloc south of Bethlehem, 922 units in the Har Brakha settlement south of Nablus, and 234 units in Kiryat Arba settlement built on land belonging to the city of Hebron. Palestinians view the new plans as part of an accelerated Israeli policy aimed at expanding illegal settlements, confiscating Palestinian land and creating new facts on the ground.
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