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Settler Arson and Israeli Raids Intensify in West Bank, UN Reports 40,000 Displaced

The UN says settlers often strike under army protection.

Overview

  • Dozens of Israeli settlers carried out violent raids across West Bank villages, torching homes and cars and attacking Palestinians, according to local reports.
  • Reports from Palestinian media said a father and child suffered head wounds in Khirbet Shuweika near Hebron and firefighters battled a house blaze in al-Lubban Asharqiya near Nablus.
  • Security sources cited by local outlets described settlers entering Abu Falah near Ramallah to burn a vehicle and scrawl racist graffiti, with another vehicle set ablaze near Taybeh east of the city.
  • UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq, citing humanitarian office data, said roughly 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced over the past year as demolitions, raids and arrests continue.
  • Palestinian figures presented at the UN put West Bank tolls since October 2023 at more than 1,155 killed, nearly 11,750 wounded and about 22,000 arrests, in a territory where over 700,000 Israelis live in settlements widely deemed illegal under international law.