Israeli settlers burn Palestinian crops in occupied West Bank: Report
Israeli settlers have burned crops and scrawled racist graffiti on the walls of a Palestinian village north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing local sources, reports that a group of settlers attacked a farm on the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah where they burned a shed and left racist graffiti on the walls in Hebrew.
Footage published online by the Quds News Network was said to show the arson attack. No injuries were reported in the raid and Palestinian civil defence crews are working to extinguish the blaze.
Wafa said the town of Khirbet Abu Falah, the town of Turmus Aya, and the village of al-Mughayyir, all northeast of Ramallah, have been subject to repeated raids by Israeli settlers.
Israeli military carries out raids across occupied West Bank
The Palestinian news agency Wafa and local news organisations report Israeli military raids in the following areas overnight:
- Israeli forces raided al-Khader town south of Bethlehem, firing sound bombs and tear gas towards Palestinian homes and shops. No injuries were reported.
- Israeli soldiers seized two vehicles during a raid on the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah, with no reported arrests or injuries.
- Raids were also reported in the villages of Hajjah and Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya, where locals also reported that tear gas and sound grenades were used by Israeli forces. There were no arrests or injuries.
- Local news outlets reported that Israeli forces stormed the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah and several young Palestinians were arrested in the town of Asira ash-Shamaliya in Nablus.
Palestinian town’s website provides rare, up-close look at Israeli settler violence
With Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian communities increasing across the occupied West Bank, one town has launched a website that documents a serious attack that saw houses and cars burned and people assaulted in 2023.
The Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq has highlighted the website following the most recent settler attack on the town of Turmus Aya, located north of Ramallah, on January 6.
With more than 20 videos and many more photographs documenting the violence inflicted on the town in 2023, Turmus Aya’s website offers a rare look inside the lives of Palestinians under occupation and settler attacks.
https://www.turmusayya621.com/videos.html
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian properties in occupied West Bank: Reports
Local Palestinian media outlets have reported on a number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, including in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and the village of Susiya, east of Hebron.
Essay Pro