Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian sheepherder in the village of Madama, south of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, yesterday.
Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces shot and injured the sheepherder, who was identified as Imad Ibrahim Ziadeh, with four rubber-coated steel bullets.
Israeli occupation forces shot and injured Palestinian sheep herder,Imad Ibrahim Ziadeh, with four rubber-coated steel bullets in the village of Madama. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/asFbPy6Fma
— Palestine (@OccuPalGaza) August 23, 2018
Ziadeh was immediately taken to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital near Nablus to receive medical treatment. He was reported to be in moderate condition.
Sources added that prior to Ziadeh’s targeting, about 20 Israeli settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, raided the Madama village and set fire to agricultural land.
??#Palestine || Israeli soldiers preventing Palestinian farmers from plowing their land in Madama village near Nablus . pic.twitter.com/rtcoehQVNn
— Aya Isleem ?? #Gaza (@AyaIsleemEn) March 21, 2018
This was one of many recent attacks by settlers in the Nablus district. These include assaults on Palestinians, including minors, and attacks on their property. Palestinians have seen their car tires slashed, and their property burnt by settlers in recent months.
Israeli soldiers laugh and cheer after shooting a Palestinian protester in the village of Madama pic.twitter.com/wY3BNQ69TY
— RT (@RT_com) April 24, 2018
Many Palestinian activists and rights groups have accused Israel of fostering a “culture of impunity” for Israelis committing violent acts against Palestinians.
In March 2017, Israeli NGO Yesh Din revealed that Israeli authorities served indictments in only 8.2 percent of cases of Israeli settlers committing anti-Palestinian crimes in the occupied West Bank in the past three years.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
