Escalation of settler attacks. Wholesale attacks on citizens ´ property

Escalation of settler attacks. Wholesale attacks on citizens ´ property

RAMALLAH _ Palestine News Network

Late Saturday night, settlers attacked the houses of citizens at the entrance to the northern al-Bireh.

According to local sources, dozens of settlers threw stones at the houses of citizens in that area, before withdrawing after the citizens had responded, without reporting any injuries.

On Saturday evening, settlers threw stones and empty bottles at residents ´ vehicles east of Hebron.

According to security and local sources, groups of settlers (Kharsina and Kiryat Arba) threw stones and empty bottles at citizens ´ vehicles while passing through the bypass road (60) amid the shouting of "Death to Arabs", causing material damage to a number of targeted vehicles.

Concurrently, on Saturday evening, settlers attacked citizens ´ vehicles with stones, south of Hebron.

Security sources told WAFA agency that a group of settlers (Hagai), located on citizens ´ land south of Hebron, attacked citizens ´ vehicles with stones, but no injuries were reported.

The sources added that the occupation forces erected a military checkpoint in the area, obstructed the passage of citizens and checked their personal cards.

On Saturday night, settlers obstructed the crossing of citizens ´ vehicles at the junction of the "Gush Etzion" settlement complex, which is located on the territory of residents north of Hebron.

According to eyewitnesses to the official news agency (WAFA), settlers gathered at the junction of the settlements of the "Gush Etzion ", closed the road leading to the Hebron Governorate and obstructed under the protection of the occupying army the crossing of vehicles of citizens and chanted "Death to Arabs."

In the Qalqilya district, residents of the village of Kafr Qaddoum, east of Qalqilya, clashed with settler herds from the settlement of Qdummim on the village´s territory during an attempt to attack the village, where clashes erupted between residents, Israeli soldiers and settlers.

"At around 9 p.m. on Saturday, movements of settlers ´ herds were spotted in the vicinity of Kafr Qaddoum village and immediately residents gathered to prevent the storming of the village and confront the settlers," he said, adding that a force from the occupation army had come to the scene and deliberately fired Heavily on citizens who gathered to protect the village from the settlers.

"The Army of occupation fired light bombs and progressed towards the village amid a heavy firing of live bullets in a bid to deter the citizens who were defending the village," the witnesses said.

Murad Eshtiwi, coordinator of the weekly march in Kafr Qaddoum village, said that more than 23 citizens were asibwa by suffocation, metal bullets, rubber and shrapnel from live bullets after the Israeli occupation army suppressed hundreds of citizens who responded to the herds of settlers who tried to storm the village and attack the property. and citizens.

In a related context, dozens of settlers gathered from the settlement of Karné Chamron near the village of Kafr to stand east of Qalqilya and threw stones at vehicles of citizens passing on the main road between Qalqilya and Nablus, although the occupying army was stationed in the area, while scores of settlers gathered concurrently near the village Immatin.

On Saturday evening, settlers attacked citizens ´ vehicles near the entrance to Yasuev village, east of Salfit.

A settler in the north of the West Bank, Ghassan Daghles (WAFA), said that a number of settlers were riding motorcycles, following Palestinian vehicles and throwing stones and iron bars while they were passing in front of the entrance to Yasuev village, which leads to the city of Salfit.

"This coincided with the spread of dozens of settlers on the road between Nablus and Tulkarem," he said.