Israeli settlers rampage in Palestinian town in West Bank

TL;DR

Israeli settlers rampage in Palestinian town in West BankJERUSALEM (AP) — A group of Jewish settlers rampaged through a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank on Thursday, attacking shops and residents with stones and iron bars, according to Palestinian reports and amateur video from the scene.Besieged Jerusalem refugee camp reels from Israeli crackdown2 Palestinians killed by Israel, belonged to armed groupsUN chief urges Yemen's warring parties to extend truceFrench minister urges Lebanon to swiftly elect new presidentGhassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activities in the area, said some 70 settlers from the hardline settlement of Yitzhar appeared in Hawara, on the outskirts of the city of Nablus, without warning.Late Thursday, the extremist far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood that has become a focal point of heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in east Jerusalem.The overnight street violence appeared to have subsided by Thursday morning, as tens of thousands of Jews were flocking to Jerusalem to celebrate the week-long Sukkot holiday, surging into east Jerusalem’s Old City, often a focal point for tensions.More than 120 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making 2022 the deadliest year since 2015."

Like summarized versions? Support us on Patreon!