Settler Militias Launch Widespread Attacks Across West Bank

SAFA — Israeli settler militias carried out a series of attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank late Sunday and early Monday, targeting homes, vehicles, farmland, and other property in the Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, and Jenin governorates.

In the Ramallah-Nablus area, settlers attacked the home of Mohammed Muslim, principal of Turmusaya Secondary School, and threatened to kill him and his family after raiding Khirbet al-Marajim, located between Al-Mughayyir and Duma near the boundary between the two governorates.

In Nablus governorate, settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the Al-Haraeq area of Beita and erected new settlement tents opposite a Palestinian home in the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Settlers also damaged greenhouses during attacks in Beit Furik and stole an agricultural tractor from the outskirts of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus.

In Ramallah governorate, settlers attacked Palestinians in the Al-Mughayyir plain, northeast of the city, and entered the Al-Hafr area of Deir Jarir in large numbers.

Settlers also attacked a Palestinian vehicle with stones and pepper spray on the Marj Si'ah road between Abu Falah and Al-Mughayyir, while others rode horses through the Marj Si'ah plain north of Ramallah.

Separately, settlers raided the homes of residents of the Arab al-Ka'abneh community east of Ramallah for the second time in a week and grazed their sheep on Palestinian-owned land in Al-Mughayyir.

In Hebron governorate, settlers harassed residents and released their livestock onto Palestinian land in the Hamroush area east of Sa'ir, north of Hebron. They also brought cattle onto Palestinian-owned land in the Khirbet Khallat al-Hummus area south of Yatta.

Settlers further raided the area surrounding Ayoub Ubaid's home in Khallat al-Hummus, attacked residents' property, and set fire to a house in the Shaab al-Batum area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

In Jenin governorate, settlers raided Khirbet Masoud near Ya'bad, southwest of Jenin, and cut down dozens of fruit trees in Khirbet Farasin, west of the city.

Source : Safa News