Israeli settlers raid, attack West Bank primary school

Israeli settlers raided and attacked a primary school in the occupied West Bank on Monday, also beating staff at the school.

The Arab Al-Kaabneh school northwest of Jericho was raided, with students attacked, according to local sources cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

According to local sources, settlers were armed with batons which they used to carry out the assaults, spreading widespread fear among residents. The sources added that the school remained under siege with students being trapped inside.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said three people were wounded in the assault and were transported to a nearby hospital.

"The colonists [Israeli settlers] took control of the school and terrorised the children, which caused studies to be delayed and educational activities to be disrupted," Jamal Sliman Mulihat, a local resident told Wafa.

It comes as the Palestinian health ministry announced on Monday that 43-year-old Ahmed Omar Mahmoud Azqili had died, succumbing to wounds caused by gunfire from Israeli forces around a month ago in Jenin in the northern West Bank.

A Palestinian woman also miscarried on Sunday after Israeli forces attacked a family in the West Bank on Sunday in a violent storming of Hebron. Israeli forces descended on the woman's home, damaging property. 

Israeli forces and settlers have escalated their attacks on the West Bank, with hundreds of Palestinians killed since the war on Gaza began in October.

At least 600 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since 7 October, while raids on cities have become more frequent.

The Israeli military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 41,226 people, according to the coastal enclave's health ministry.