Soldiers shoot a young man, settlers attack two, near Ramallah |

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian young man in the town of Burka, and colonizers attacked two young men in the village of Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian young man on Saturday while illegal colonizers burned down an agricultural area in the village of Burka, east of Ramallah in the centrally occupied West Bank.

According to media sources, a group of armed paramilitary settlers stormed the village of Burka on Saturday evening under the protection of Israeli forces.

Sources added that colonizers opened fire on citizens with live ammunition and burned down an agricultural area before locals tried to confront the attacking settlers.

Occupation forces opened fire on Palestinians trying to protect their property and shot a young man in the leg with live ammunition; The severity of his injury was unknown at the time of writing this report.

Meanwhile, northwest of Ramallah, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and forced them to abandon their land in the village of Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi.

According to media sources, a group of colonizers under the protection of the army attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives and forced them to leave their own land.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its ambulance crews took two citizens to hospital after they sustained injuries in the attack.

In addition, Israeli forces entered the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, on Saturday evening, sparking protests among local Palestinians.

According to media sources, the army stormed the city and fired concussion grenades and tear gas canisters at citizens. No injuries were reported.

In related news, Israeli soldiers stormed the village of Marda, north of Salfit in the central part of the occupied West Bank, on Saturday evening.

According to media sources, occupation forces stopped and searched several citizens’ vehicles and threatened them with physical violence under the pretext of allegedly throwing stones at settlers’ vehicles.