Israeli occupation forces, settlers intensify attacks across the West Bank
Occupied Jerusalem, July 19 (SANA)Israeli occupation forces and settlers intensified attacks across theWest Bankon Sunday, setting fire to homes, a mosque and farmland, carrying out arrest raids and blocking roads, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Settlers overnight torched two homes and a mosque in the village of Al-Tuwani in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, causing extensive damage. They also vandalized Palestinian property, including a vehicle, under the protection of Israeli forces.
In southern Hebron, settlers attacked homes in Wadi al-Rakhim, south of Yatta, stole three head of livestock and, according to WAFA, Israeli soldiers opened live fire in the area. A child suffered convulsions after experiencing severe fear during the attack.
In the Nablus area, four Palestinians sustained bruises after settlers attacked residents in Beita, while another man suffered a hand injury near the entrance to Burqa. Israeli forces later sealed the town’s western entrance with earth mounds after raiding homes and conducting on-site interrogations.
West of Ramallah,Israeli forcesset dozens of olive trees ablaze in the village of Deir Qaddis after firing live ammunition and tear gas toward farmers, sparking a fire that spread across agricultural land. Civil defense crews were prevented from reaching the scene to extinguish the blaze.
Israeli forces also arrested six Palestinians during overnight raids in the Ramallah, Jenin and Bethlehem areas after searching their homes.
Palestinian National Council ChairmanRawhi Fattouhcalled for urgent international action to halt settler attacks and hold those responsible accountable. He said attacks on homes and places of worship formed part of a broader policy aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians in violation of international humanitarian law, urging the international community to take binding measures to stop settler violence and end impunity.
On Saturday, five Palestinians, including three children, were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Al-Nasr neighborhood west of Gaza City.