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Dozens of Palestinians were injured during clashes with the occupation forces in the West Bank

March 28, 2023

Dozens of Palestinians were injured today, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, in the occupied West Bank. 6 Palestinians were injured, in an attack by settlers, protected by the occupation forces, on the town of Hawara, south of Nablus. The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that the medical staff at the Hawara emergency center dealt with 5 injuries as a result of beatings and pepper gas by the occupation forces and settlers, in addition to a head injury that reached the hospital, noting that the condition of the injured is stable. In addition, 6 other Palestinians, including a child, were wounded by bullets, and a Palestinian was arrested during the occupation forces’ raid on Aqbat Jaber camp, south of Jericho. Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the camp and surrounded a citizen’s house before arresting him. Medical sources said that 4 Palestinians, including a child, were wounded by live bullets, and others were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets. In the same context, the occupation forces arrested two young men from the town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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