Overview
- Israeli settlers carried out arson and assaults across multiple Palestinian communities overnight, with fires reported in villages near Jenin and Nablus and in areas including Jalud, Fandaqumiya, Silat al-Dhahr, Qaryut, Masafer Yatta and the Jordan Valley.
- Israel’s military said it dispatched soldiers and border police in response to reports of arson and disturbances by Israeli civilians and issued a statement condemning violence, while authorities reported no immediate arrests.
- Injury reports varied, with the Palestinian Red Crescent treating several men beaten in Jalud and other locales and Haaretz citing sources who said 11 Palestinians were lightly wounded.
- The rampage followed the March 21 death of an Israeli civilian in a vehicle collision near Jenin that police said they were investigating for possible terror motives, with no determination announced.
- Human-rights groups renewed allegations of settler impunity, and diplomats from 13 European countries and Canada denounced rising settler violence, as AFP journalists documented charred homes and vehicles in affected villages.