Israeli settlers have assaulted a Bedouin family near the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah, while Israeli forces continue to carry out raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank amid the relentless pounding of the Gaza Strip .

Two Palestinians were also injured by settler gunfire during an attack on the Khallet al-Eis area in the town of Ash-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron.

The settlers fired shots at homes and set fire to areas of agricultural land, with the protection of Israeli troops who had stormed the area and fired live ammunition. They also stormed and vandalised the Hanbali Mosque in the city of Nablus.

Settlers are Israeli citizens who live illegally on private Palestinian land. More than 700,000 settlers – 10 percent of Israel’s population – live in 150 illegal se

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