Israeli settlers commit arson and vandalism in spate of West Bank attacks

Settlers pain Palestinian workplace shed and spray racist slogans successful Hebrew connected the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah.

Israeli settlers successful the occupied West Bank person acceptable occurrence to farmland and sprayed racist slogans successful a colony adjacent Ramallah, according to quality reports, as arson attacks and deadly Israeli subject raids person escalated successful caller days.

The attacks came arsenic Ronen Bar, the caput of Israel’s interior information bureau Shin Bet (Shabak), urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Friday to greenlight a large subject violative successful the occupied territory.

Palestinian quality bureau Wafa, quoting witnesses, reported connected Friday that a radical of settlers attacked the workplace connected the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah wherever they burned a shed and near racist graffiti connected the walls successful Hebrew.

Footage published online by the Quds News Network showed the alleged arson attack.

Palestinian civilian defence crews were deployed to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported successful the onslaught connected Thursday night.

Wafa reported that Khirbet Abu Falah, arsenic good arsenic the municipality of Turmus Aya and the colony of al-Mughayyir, each northeast of Ramallah, person been taxable to repeated raids by Israeli settlers, who allegedly carried them retired nether the extortion of Israeli soldiers.

Earlier, Israeli settlers besides torched a Palestinian-owned conveyance successful the colony of Wadi Rahhal, southbound of Bethlehem, according to Al Quds Today.

The astir caller Israeli settler attacks came aft Palestinian gunmen changeable and killed 3 Israeli settlers adjacent the amerciable colony of Kedumim connected Monday.

In the archetypal week of 2025, Israeli settler attacks injured astatine slightest 18 Palestinians crossed the occupied territory, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

During the aforesaid period, astatine slightest 3 Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed by Israeli forces, portion 3 different Palestinians, including a child, were killed successful disputed circumstances, OCHA reported.

The information did not see the 3 different Palestinians, including 2 children, who were killed successful an Israeli drone attack successful the municipality of Tammun besides successful the occupied West Bank connected Wednesday.

On Friday, Israeli forces continued to transportation retired raids crossed the occupied West Bank, firing grenades and arresting respective Palestinians.

In Qabatiya, southbound of Jenin, Israeli forces, disguised successful civilian clothing, surrounded a location and bombarded it with projectiles, according to Wafa quoting residents successful the area.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

Since the opening of 2025, much than 50 Palestinians person been displaced by Israeli location demolitions crossed the occupied West Bank, according to OCHA.

Overnight, aggregate Israeli raids were besides reported crossed Nablus with respective young Palestinians arrested.

Footage posted connected Telegram and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad bureau shows the infinitesimal erstwhile Israeli forces lined up and detained dozens of young men during an battle connected the municipality of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit.

Israeli forces besides raided al-Khader town, southbound of Bethlehem; the municipality of Nilin, westbound of Ramallah; the villages of Hajjah and Baqat al-Hatab, eastbound of Qalqilya; and Jalazone exile camp, a predominant people of Israeli subject operations.

On Friday, Shin Bet’s Bar was quoted arsenic saying successful a Channel 12 quality study that Israel should learn from the October 7 Hamas onslaught and motorboat a large violative successful the occupied West Bank.

“A broad, reality-changing determination indispensable beryllium initiated that volition illness and destruct the improvement of the equipped Palestinian battalions … successful bid to guarantee our state of cognition there.”

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies