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Danger of escalation in settler attacks following Jit attacks: Palestinian presidency
A spokesperson for the Palestinian president’s office has warned of the dangers of escalation in settler assaults amid attacks by Israeli settlers on the occupied West Bank village of Jit on Thursday, Wafa news agency has reported.
According to Wafa, Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the attacks were “a result of the continued war of extermination waged by the Israeli occupation state against our people”.
A Palestinian man was killed and several people were injured after dozens of Israeli settlers went on a rampage in Jit, drawing widespread condemnation. Dozens of masked Israeli settlers, some armed, hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails as they stormed the village, setting fire to several cars and destroying property. They also attacked the town of Huwara.
Palestinians describe ‘brutal’ settler attack on West Bank village
Muawiya Sedeh, a 38-year-old father of five was at home in the occupied West Bank village of Jit when his house was set ablaze by a band of Jewish settlers, some masked and wielding Molotov cocktails, who stormed in on Thursday night.
He told the Reuters news agency that he escaped with his family with only minutes to spare.
“I was lucky, it was a matter of minutes between life and death,” Sedeh said. When he returned, he said the settlers were jeering and taunting him, saying, “We will come back and kill you!” and telling him to go to Jordan or Syria.
Local people said more than 100 people took part in the attack, many wearing masks and clad in black, and appeared well-coordinated, dividing into groups armed with guns and others throwing stones and Molotov cocktails. A Palestinian man was killed by gunfire during the rampage.
“We’ve seen attacks before but not in such a brutal and organised way,” said Hassan Orman, a resident who saw the attack.
“What happened wasn’t about four or five settlers who just wanted to carry out an attack. What happened is something organised, they planned for it for days, they had weapons, tear gas, pepper spray, knives, all kinds of weapons.”
A Palestinian woman inspects a vehicle destroyed during an Israeli settlers attack in Jit
Israeli settlers assault villagers and steal livestock in new West Bank attacks
Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that a group of settlers have assaulted residents of the village of Tana, east of Nablus, using rifle butts.
The settlers reportedly fired into the air and prevented the villagers from accessing a spring used for drinking and watering livestock. One resident was injured during the attack, sustaining bruises, witnesses said.
In a separate incident, settlers attacked the al-Auja waterfalls area near the city of Jericho and snatched 300 sheep at gunpoint, witnesses said. The incidents come after Israeli settlers attacked the village of Jit overnight, killing a 23-year-old man and injuring several others.
