Name: B.C. woman in occupied West Bank injured by Israeli settlers
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Description: A Canadian activist injured in a settler attack over the weekend in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says she and three others were thrown on the ground and beaten by settlers in a village where they were staying. CBC News has agreed to conceal her identity because she fears being targeted or deported if she is identified.

A Canadian activist injured in a settler attack over the weekend in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says she and three others were thrown on the ground and beaten by settlers in a village where they were staying. CBC News has agreed to conceal her identity because she fears being targeted or deported if she is identified.

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A Canadian citizen was injured alongside three Italian activists in a reported attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Al-Dinuque, near Jericho. The group, working with a Palestinian organization to deter violence, was attacked early in the morning by masked settlers, some armed with assault rifles and clubs.

All four activists were hospitalized and treated for their injuries. The incident occurred amid a broader escalation of settler violence in the West Bank, with activists and local sources reporting increased attacks on Palestinian communities. Israeli authorities have stated the need to address such violence, but activists claim little government action has been taken.

B.C. woman in occupied West Bank injured by Israeli settlers

a Canadian citizen has been injured in the West Bank. Global Affairs Canada says it is aware that a Canadian citizen was injured. Now, several reports say four foreign pro-Palestinian activists, three of them Italians, and one Canadian, were injured Sunday in a settler attack in Al-Dinuque that is near the city of Jericho. Tom Perry joins me now from Ramallah. Tom, good to see you. Give me a sense here, I understand that you did speak with that Canadian who was injured. What did she have to tell you? Yeah, we had a chance to speak to all four of the activists who came under attack early Sunday morning. They were in this village, as you mentioned, near Jericho. They were really trying to act as they work with a Palestinian group that puts foreigners into these communities to act as almost a deterrent against settler violence. They look over the olive harvest, they keep watch over the village. I should say that these activists, they don't want to be identified. They're worried about being targeted, they're worried about potentially being deported, and so we've agreed to hide their identity. But as I mentioned, we spoke to the Canadian activist. She talked about how they were on night watch, so watching out over the village against the settler attack overnight. They went to bed around three in the morning. At about 4.30 in the morning, the house that they were staying, there was a knock at the door. And here's what she says about what came next. We thought it was the people of the village coming to tell us that they were being attacked by the settlers. And so we opened the door and 10 mass settlers entered. Two of them had assault rifles. Many of them were armed with clubs. They came in, I began to try to film them. They smacked me across the face, so I threw my phone away. They threw us to the ground and then took turns beating us. So I personally was kicked multiple times in the face, in the ribs, in the abdomen, in my hip and thigh area. So this was obviously a very scary situation for these four activists. Right now they're recovering from their injuries. They were taken to hospital. They were x-rayed, given some pain medication. I can tell you that all four of them are still pretty sore. But they say what they'd want to do is get back to that village to work once again with these Palestinian people. Just a completely frightening situation for them. Do we have any more information about the attack, Tom? Well, this attack, they say they don't want this really to be about them and the fact that this attack does come amid a real escalation in settler attacks against Palestinian people. We've been seeing, we've done some stories on this here. We've seen homes set on fire, a mosque set on fire. We've seen vehicles burned. And so this really does come amid a rising wave of this. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had at one point said, you know, that authorities have to take this seriously, have to go after the perpetrators. But what we've been hearing from these activists and from activists here, well, in Israel as well, saying that really when it comes to the government taking action, that that doesn't happen. That when these attacks take place, often Israeli authorities either turn a blind eye or actively support it. And so that's really, I guess, the backdrop against which this attack against these foreigners, including a Canadian, that that's really the backdrop of what's going on in the West Bank. Continue to follow us, appreciate all the updates from where you are. Tom, CBC's Tom Perry for us in Malai.

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