Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, pepper spray elderly Palestinian

Israeli settlers attacked West Bank villages, including pepper-spraying an elderly Palestinian man in Abu Njeim southeast of Bethlehem. Settlers, supported by the Israeli army, assaulted villagers in al-Maghayyir and Abu Falah, detained two farmers tending their land, and attacked the western outskirts of al-Maghayyir. Israeli forces also raided the Solomon’s Pools tourist area in Bethlehem without reported casualties.