Netanyahu and army issue rare and swift condemnation of attack by Israeli settlers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military issued rare and swift condemnations of the attack by Israeli settlers on a village in the occupied West Bank that killed at least one Palestinian and injured another.
The attack in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, was the latest in a series of settler incursions in the volatile territory since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7.
The Israeli military said that dozens of settlers, some masked, had torched vehicles and structures in the town, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails in what it called a “violent riot”. It said forces used “riot dispersal means” and arrested one Israeli civilian.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack.
“Those who fight terrorism are only the IDF (Israeli army) and security forces, not anyone else,” read a statement from his office. “Those responsible for any crime will be caught and prosecuted.”
The Israeli military said it was opening an investigation into the attack.
Over 633 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, most by Israeli raids into Palestinian cities and towns.
Source: Associated Press
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