‘Terrorist attack’ by Israeli settlers on Palestinian family in West Bank condemned

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More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family returning to their home in Jalud in the occupied West Bank, setting houses on fire and injuring three Israeli security officials. The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that settler violence is making daily life untenable for Palestinians, while Israeli opposition figure Benny Gantz denounced the violence as a campaign of terror.

Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud The ICRC has warned that Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has made everyday life for Palestinians “untenable”, as a mob attack on Palestinians trying to return home prompted one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rivals to warn of a campaign of settler terror. More than a hundred militant settlers overwhelmed Israeli security forces early on Tuesday to attack a Palestinian family as they attempted to reclaim their homes which had been seized by settlers in the West Bank village of Jalud. Three Israeli security officials were injured and houses were set on fire. Continue reading...