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Israeli settler arson attacks devastate Palestinian areas near Tulkarem

A wave of arson attacks struck Palestinian-owned industrial facilities and farmland east of Tulkarem today, with Israeli settlers setting multiple fires that destroyed property and threatened a Bedouin encampment.

Wafa news agency reported that flames burned trucks and a factory building in the Al-Lada’in industrial zone near Beit Lid, while agricultural fields burned across the area. Video footage captured the widespread damage.

Israeli military forces accompanied the settlers and blocked Palestinian Civil Defence crews from reaching some burning areas, hampering firefighting efforts.

Israeli settlers seize Palestinian homes in southern West Bank

Israeli settlers went to Khallet Athaba in the southern West Bank today and seized two residential dwellings, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

When Palestinian residents attempted to file a formal complaint and have the settlers removed, Israeli police threatened them with arrest.

Itay Epshtain, a human rights lawyer who advises NRC, said on X that “settler violence is a State-sponsored enterprise. Directed, controlled, armed and funded by the State of Israel.”

He added “the ensuing injury inflicted on Palestinians, including their forcible transfer, is a grave breach of [international humanitarian law] and an internationally wrongful act for which Israel is responsible.”