Settler attack on West Bank village injures Israeli forces, drawing rare rebuke
The military said 3 Border Police officers were lightly injured as settlers blocked roads, burned tires and set Palestinian homes and vehicles on fire.
- On Tuesday, more than 100 settlers clashed with IDF soldiers and Border Police near the Palestinian village of Jalud in the West Bank, blocking roads and attacking a convoy escorting the Tubasi family, forcing them to remain displaced.
- The Tubasi family previously fled their home in July following months of settler harassment. They attempted a return under an Israeli court decision, but settlers allegedly set two of their homes ablaze, according to Anadolu.
- Rioters hurled rocks at security forces and set tires on fire during the confrontation. Three Border Police officers sustained light injuries, and a security vehicle was damaged, prompting the IDF to withdraw and detain two suspects.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the 'violent riots' and attacks on security forces, stating this 'handful of rioters' does not represent the law-abiding settler community in Judea and Samaria and causes it 'immense harm.'
- Isaac Herzog called the attack 'an extremely grave act' and 'a moral stain,' reflecting broader patterns of Palestinian communities in the West Bank being forced from their homes due to settler harassment.
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family's return home
JALUD, West Bank, Sept 29 - More than 100 Israeli settlers have attacked a village in the occupied West Bank, preventing a Palestinian family from returning home and clashing with troops, witnesses said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
About 150 Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Jalud in the occupied West Bank this Tuesday morning while Israeli forces were trying to escort a Palestinian family back to their homes. Two homes of the al-Tubasi family were burned, vehicles were burned and three border police officers were slightly injured, the Israeli Army and local residents reported. In unusual movement, the episode led Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya…
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, injuring three security forces, a move condemned by the Israeli government, which rarely criticizes settler actions.
For two months, extremist settlers have been occupying the home of a family in the West Bank. A court orders their return. Israeli security forces accompany the Palestinians back to their village - and encounter fierce resistance there. The situation escalates.
Netanyahu blames the incidents on "a handful of troublemakers" who "do not represent settlers who respect the law" in the West Bank Israel's president and foreign minister condemn the events and demand that those responsible be brought to justice
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