Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday raided the village of Urif to the south of Nablus in the West Bank troched dozens of dunums of Palestinian farmlands and uprooted olive saplings and trees near the village according to local sources.
The PIC correspondent said that dozens of settlers protected by a military escort assaulted some homes at the entrance to the village and uprooted olive saplings belonging to local residents.
Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and local villagers in the aftermath of the attack. The Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated rounds to disperse the protesting villagers injuring one of them in the head.
The wounded man was identified as Ahmad Safadi who was transferred to Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus city.
