More than 20 people were reported wounded in attacks across multiple West Bank communities, as witnesses said Israeli security forces failed to stop several of the assaults. 'People are afraid to go to their lands alone,' a Palestinian man whose village was attacked said

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists in a series of incidents across the West Bank over the weekend, leaving over 20 wounded, according to Palestinian reports.

On Friday morning, masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and Israeli activists in farmlands near the West Bank village of Abu Falah, throwing stones and spraying tear gas. According to local reports, six people – including one Palestinian and five activists – were wounded. Witnesses said the Israeli settlers blocked Red Crescent teams from reaching the wounded for about an hour.

A resident of Abu Falah said Israeli settlers established an illegal outpost near his home in March. The house is located in the West Bank's Area B, where the Palestinian Authority exercises administrative control and shares security responsibilities with the Israeli military, according to the Oslo Accords.

He said that until early June, the Israeli military regularly evacuated the outpost, but that since then the evacuations have stopped and the outpost has remained in place, continuing to threaten residents.

"If someone goes 50 meters from their home onto their land toward the outpost, they attack them; people are afraid to go to their lands alone," he said.

According to the resident, dozens of Palestinian farmers from the village and Israeli activists went to the agricultural lands near the outpost.

"At first, the settlers arrived, without their masks on, faces uncovered and began to push us away," he said. "We told them that this is our land and that it was their presence that is unnatural. Then, at a certain point, 20 more masked settlers came down from the hill and started throwing stones at us and spraying pepper spray."

The IDF said no report of the incident was received through "official channels," but an activist who was present during the incident showed Haaretz a screenshot indicating that the Israeli military had contacted him in real time.

Testimonies from activists and journalists at the scene also said Israeli security forces were present but did not intervene.

Hours after the incident, a Palestinian man and woman were reported wounded in a settler attack near the West Bank village of Baytillu, following the establishment of a new illegal Israeli outpost in the area several weeks earlier.

Meanwhile, settlers were reported to have attacked a young Palestinian man and thrown stones at his vehicle on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Salfit, near Ariel.

In other incidents, Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to agricultural land north of the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya and uprooted about 500 olive trees in the nearby village of Qusra.

The Red Crescent said it treated two people wounded in a settler raid in the community of Khirbet Yarza in the Jordan Valley. According to Palestinian reports, seven people were wounded in the incident, with some seeking hospital treatment independently.

The community of Khirbet Yarza had been displaced by settlers from nearby outposts a few weeks earlier, and the High Court of Justice recently ruled that its return should be allowed with the consent of the Israeli military.

Settlers were also documented entering the Bedouin community near Khan al-Ahmar, located in the E! area east of Jerusalem, where Israel recently approved settlement construction, on Friday afternoon.

Young Israeli settlers from a nearby farm outpost raided the community with a herd of sheep, driving the herd into the residents' buildings, according to local reports. Locals said the villagers tried to convince the settlers to leave the community, with one settler using pepper spray on the locals and calling for reinforcements.

An ATV driver who arrived at the scene was filmed deliberately driving into a gathering of residents. Police officers arrived at the area, arresting three residents of the community and briefly detaining the ranger driver.

Police have not yet responded to Haaretz's request for comment.

In the Palestinian village of Idna, near Hebron, residents reported that Israeli settlers entered the village's farmland. According to the reports, several Palestinians required medical treatment after being affected by riot control measures used by Israeli forces who arrived at the scene.

Several weeks ago, settlers established an outpost on the eastern lands of the village, with reports of nationally-motivated crime incidents in the area increasing.

Settlers were also documented entering a Palestinian structure on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Jalud. Footage seen by Haaretz showed them throwing stones at the road leading to the structure and at a house in the village, where an outpost was established several weeks ago.

Israeli security forces were present but did not intervene to stop the attack, according to reports from the scene.

Settlers were also documented on Friday clashing with Palestinians in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Kheir, also known as Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills, on Friday. The Red Crescent said two residents were taken to a hospital after being beaten by settlers, while villagers reported that several others sustained minor injuries.

Several hours later, forces from the Civil Administration, Israel's governing body in the West Bank, and IDF forces arrived and declared parts of the community a closed military zone, including several Palestinian structures. According to residents, the owner of a livestock pen was barred from entering to feed his flock.

On Friday night, Settlers also reportedly set fire to a residential building on the outskirts of the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah. Settlers were seen arriving in the village on an ATV and leaving after the building was torched. No injuries were reported in the attack.

On Saturday morning, settlers were reported to have entered land in Khallet al-Hummus, in the southern Hebron Hills, where they assaulted residents with pepper spray and beatings. Several people required medical treatment, according to reports and security forces arrested one of the wounded.

Later on Saturday, the Red Crescent said it treated two people who were attacked with pepper spray by settlers in Khallet al-Louza.

The Red Crescent also said on Saturday it treated three residents wounded in the West Bank village of Umm Safa, including a 60-year-old man.

Palestinian media reported that the settlers attempted to steal a herd of sheep. The Israeli military arrived at the scene, footage reviewed by Haaretz showed.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said two men were wounded in the legs by rubber bullets, while a third was wounded after being physically assaulted. The three were treated at the scene, medics said.

Later Saturday, the Israeli military said its forces arrived at the scene after Israeli settlers reported their herd had entered the village. According to the military, a violent altercation broke out between Palestinian residents and Israeli forces, who dispersed the crowd. All Israeli civilians were removed from the scene, the military said.