US EditionIsraeli Settlers Torch Homes Across West Bank During Eid al-Fitr
At least six West Bank villages were attacked by extremist Israeli settlers who set fires and injured 11 Palestinians amid calls for revenge after a settler's death, UN data shows rising violence.
- During Eid al-Fitr, extremist Jewish settlers carried out arson across occupied West Bank villages, torching homes, vehicles, and fields, Palestinian officials said.
- After the Saturday killing of Yehuda Sherman, WhatsApp groups urged a revenge campaign with messages like 'Jews won't remain silent over spilled Jewish blood,' while Israeli police investigate.
- Video and on-the-ground reports documented fires, smashed windows and slogans sprayed on buildings as a defence official cited by Israeli media reported more than 20 settler attacks overnight, while the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said at least three Palestinians suffered head wounds and were hospitalized.
- The Israel Defense Forces dispatched troops and border police to several Palestinian villages on Saturday night, while Jewish settlers blocked roads and over 500 attended the funeral of Yehuda Sherman including Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- Earlier this month the EU and UK urged Israel to halt rising settler violence amid regional fighting, as Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews alongside 3.3 million Palestinians.
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, homes torched, several wounded
Ramallah: Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported attacks in at least six communities on Sunday. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said at least three Palestinians in the village of Jalud suffered head wounds from beati…
Following the death of a young Jew, armed groups targeted several Palestinian localities on Saturday and Sunday with impunity.
Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities. The violence, reported across at least half a dozen locations overnight from…
In a series of blitzes that appear coordinated, the settlers burned houses and cars terrorizing entire villages
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