2 American activists injured in attack by illegal Israeli settlers in West Bank

By Awad Rjoob

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Two American activists and a Palestinian were injured on Sunday in an attack by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to medics and local media.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics transferred two Americans to the hospital after they were assaulted by illegal settlers in the town of Qusra in the northern West Bank.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said another Palestinian was injured in the attack.

According to the broadcaster, a group of illegal settlers attacked Palestinians and foreign activists as they were clearing and plowing farmlands.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank amid a deadly Israeli offensive that killed nearly 39,000 people in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023.

At least 578 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 5,400 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), in an advisory opinion on Friday, declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land "unlawful" and should be brought to an end "as rapidly as possible."

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi