An-Najah News - Jewish settlers launched Monday night widespread attacks on Palestinian citizens and their properties in several areas of the West Bank causing many injures and damage in vehicles and properties after they closed off the bypass road connecting the northern and southern West Bank mostly in Jenin, Bethlehem and Nablus, according to witnesses and Palestinian local sources from different areas

Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles traveling near the town of Janata, east of Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank. No injuries were reported.

 According to Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, another group of settlers attacked a Palestinian man near Deir Sharaf in Nablus, causing him injuries and he was transferred to the hospital for treatment.

He said forces also closed Za'atara military checkpoint to the south of Nablus, amid the heavy presence of settlers on roads warning Palestinians to stay alert to possible settlers' attacks against them and their properties.

According to a local official in Jenin area, Several Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles traveling near Dutan Israeli military checkpoint to the southwest of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank.

Head of Yabad municipality near Jenin Amjad Atatrah, said that several settlers, who were backed by Israeli occupation army soldiers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones and glass bottles causing damage to them adding also that Palestinian vehicles which were passing near Dutan Israeli occupation military checkpoint, near Yabad town to the southwest of Jenin, wre attacked with no injuries reported.

Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles driving on Nablus-Tulkarm road with stones, causing injuries to at least three people, according to a local activist.

Ghassan Daghlas said that several Israeli settlers gathered at the road connecting the cities of Nablus and Tulkarm, near the entrance of the illegal Israeli settlement of Shave Shamron, and attack Palestinian vehicles with stones.

At least three people were injured in the attack and several vehicles were damaged.

Earlier Tuesday, several settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles traveling along the Nablus-Qalqilya road, smashing their windshields, Daghas added.