Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians

Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians Israeli settlers stormed Atara, a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank and injured five people on Thursday, a rights group said. The attacks came after the Israeli military took down two outposts built by settlers without permission in the West Bank. More than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements across the West Bank, all of which are deemed illegal under international law, and some of which, known as outposts, are built without the Israeli government's involvement. "After Israeli military forces left the area, dozens of settlers, armed with clubs, tear gas and stones, stormed the village of Atara," the Israeli rights group Yesh Din said in a statement. "Five residents were injured and hospitalised, one in serious condition with a brain haemorrhage," Yesh Din added. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of the injured people was 67 years old.