Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Masafer Yatta: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Ma'in; WAFA reports three injured, Al Jazeera cites the Red Crescent as saying six

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, West Bank (area-level, estimated)
Actors
Palestine
Importance
Standard

Three Palestinians were injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on 17 October 2026, WAFA reported, citing local sources: one was shot in the thigh and two were sprayed with pepper spray. Quds News Network, citing the Palestine Red Crescent, gave the same account. Al Jazeera later reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society, that six people, including four women and a child, were injured when settlers attacked residents of Ma'in village in the Masafer Yatta area; Al-Masirah's Telegram channel had earlier quoted the Red Crescent as saying five, including four women. The Red Crescent figures were not read directly from the Red Crescent and are not combined with WAFA's count. No Israeli police or military statement was read.

  • Injuries: Best 3 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Three Palestinians injured in Israeli colonist attack in Masafer Yatta · Three injured per WAFA; Al Jazeera, citing the Palestine Red Crescent, reports six (Al-Masirah earlier five); figures not combined.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Three Palestinians injured in Israeli colonist attack in Masafer Yatta, A Palestinian man was shot in the thigh and two others injured by pepper spray in a settler attack in Masafer Yatta, Child, four women among Palestinians injured in West Bank pogroms

WAFA citing local sources and QNN; Al Jazeera (and earlier Al-Masirah) give higher figures attributed to the Palestine Red Crescent, not read directly; no Israeli statement read.