Health: 16 Martyrs Killed by Settlers' Bullets in the West Bank Since the Beginning of This Year

SadaNews - The Ministry of Health stated that 16 citizens have been martyred by settlers' bullets in the West Bank since the beginning of this year, the youngest being a 13-year-old child and the oldest a 60-year-old.

On Wednesday, a young man named Awda Atyaf Awawda (25 years old) was martyred, succumbing to injuries from live bullets fired by settlers during their attack on the town of Deir Debwan east of Ramallah.

On Tuesday, the child Os Hamdi Nasan (14 years old) and young man Jihad Marzouq Abu Naim (32 years old) from the town of Al-Mughayer northeast of Ramallah were martyred by settlers' gunfire, while the child Mohammad Majdi Al-Jabari (16 years old) was killed after being run over by a settler in Hebron.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation forces and settlers committed a total of 1,819 attacks during the past month of March, with 1,322 attacks carried out by the occupation forces, while settlers executed 497 attacks.

The commission indicated that the attacks primarily concentrated in Hebron Governorate with 321 attacks, followed by Nablus Governorate with 315 attacks, then Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate with 292 attacks, and finally Jerusalem Governorate with 203 attacks, reflecting a clear indicator of the systematic targeting of these areas.