BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN/ 

Extremist Israeli settlers carried out a series of violent attacks in the early hours of Sunday across several villages in the northern West Bank, setting fire to homes and vehicles and assaulting residents, leaving a number of Palestinians injured, according to local sources.

In Jenin governorate, settlers overnight and at dawn torched homes and vehicles in the village of al-Funduqomiya, south of Jenin.

Local sources said large groups of settlers stormed the village, setting fire to houses and cars, attacking other homes and smashing windows, as residents attempted to confront them and extinguish the fires.

One house and two vehicles were completely burned, while several residents sustained minor injuries and were taken to a nearby medical centre for treatment, the sources added.

Settlers, reportedly under the protection of Israeli forces, also attacked homes in the town of Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin, overnight. Residents said several houses were targeted and attempts were made to set them ablaze, while one man was beaten and injured.

In the Jordan Valley, settlers attacked residents late Saturday and early Sunday in the area of Ein al-Hilweh in the northern plains.

Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said settlers assaulted residents and sprayed them with pepper spray.

On Saturday evening, settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem. Security sources said groups of settlers gathered at the town’s roundabout and hurled stones at passing cars. No injuries were reported.

Similar attacks were reported on main roads linking West Bank governorates.

Near Rawabi Square, north of Ramallah, on the road connecting to Nablus, settlers threw stones at passing vehicles, with no injuries reported.

Another group gathered at the junction leading to the town of Mikhmas, northeast of Jerusalem.

Settlers also attacked vehicles near the village of Haris, west of Salfit, and again near Tuqu’, pelting cars with stones.

South of Nablus, settlers hurled stones at vehicles near the Za’tara military checkpoint and along the bypass road near Burin. The village of Awarta was reportedly closed after dozens of settlers gathered in the area.

Earlier, settlers had also entered the outskirts of Burin village, south of Nablus, carrying out what residents described as a provocative march between homes.

Separately, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams in Tulkarm received two men wounded by live Israeli gunfire near the Jabara checkpoint. One, aged 53, was shot in the neck and chest, while the other, aged 54, was shot in the foot. Both were transferred to hospital for treatment.