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Israel Hunts Settlers After West Bank Village Attack
- On Monday, dozens of Israeli settlers torched homes and vehicles in Jab'a after Israeli forces removed illegal settler outpost structures, prompting Israel Defense Forces and Israeli police to search for those responsible.
- The evacuated outposts, illegal under international and Israeli law, had enforcement moved to the Settlement Administration this year under Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- Surveillance camera and geolocated video evidence show masked assailants setting fires while Diab Masha'leh said settlers burned three homes and three vehicles, which villagers extinguished without any reported injuries; six suspects were arrested and several Border Police officers were wounded.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attacks as the work of `a small, extremist group` and vowed urgent ministerial action, while Defence Minister Israel Katz said government funding would be allocated in coming weeks and the Israel Defense Forces warned such violence diverts troops from counterterrorism.
- Violence has surged across the West Bank this year, with almost-daily settler attacks; the Palestinian Authority reported 2,350 attacks last month, while the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted at least 264 attacks in October among 2.7 million Palestinians.
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Dozens of Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian vehicles and homes in a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces demolished illegal settler structures in the area, CNN reported. Two geo-located videos obtained by CNN show multiple vehicles and a building on fire after the attack in Jab'a, a Palestinian village about 15 kilometers southwest of Bethlehem. Villagers fought to put out the flames, the videos show. A securit…
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