Israeli soldiers burst into bakery in Deir Abu Mash’al and assault workers, beating two severely

On Saturday, 18 May 2024, around 8:50 P.M., three or four military jeeps drove into the center of Deir Abu Mash’al, a village northwest of Ramallah, and young men threw stones at them. The soldiers suspected that one of the young men ran into a nearby bakery, and two officers and about six soldiers entered it. Some of the soldiers went in the back way and immediately started assaulting workers there, who fled to the adjoining shop. The soldiers chased them and beat everyone they caught in the shop. The other soldiers went into the shop through the main door and attacked whoever they came across, too, hitting them with their hands and rifle barrels. The soldiers detained two of the young men they cruelly beat and led them to a military jeep. The young men were held in the jeep for about fifteen minutes, during which time, according to their report, the beating continued. After the bakery owner showed the officer footage of the assault from his security cameras, the young men were let go with no further action, bruised in the head and back.