According to the IDF, soldiers and police forces followed a report that “several Israeli civilians had slaughtered livestock and vandalized Palestinian property.
Jewish settlers beat and slaughter animals from a Palestinian family, from which its members were also assaulted, in the West Bank on Monday, Army Radio reported.
According to the IDF, soldiers and police forces attended to a call from the Samua area, following a report that “several Israeli civilians had slaughtered livestock and vandalized property on a Palestinian plot of land.”
The IDF registered three Palestinians injured during the incident, who were evacuated for medical treatment.
“Upon the arrival of the forces, no suspects were located in the area. Security forces are currently continuing searches at the site,” IDF reported.
Settler violence in the West Bank rises
On Sunday, attorney Omer Nahmani, head of the Returning with Wisdom NGO and former spokesman for Democratic Union chairman Yair Golan, sent a letter on Sunday to Shin Bet chief David Zini, urging the Shin Bet to act after three Jews linked with the Hilltop Youth movement allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa.
An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities. (credit: screenshot/section 27a copyright act)
In the letter, the attorney warned that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.
The letter followed an incident in which a woman was allegedly attacked while sitting in her car with her five-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter. According to the family, three Jewish youths sprayed pepper spray into the vehicle, shouted threats and obscenities, and fled. The woman was evacuated to Wolfson Medical Center in light condition.
On December 16, an Israeli settler shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian in Tuqu’ after the funeral of another teenager, the town’s mayor said.
“Today…Several youths were gathered by the main street when a settler shot 16-year-old Muheeb Jibril in the head,” Tuqu’ Mayor Mohammed al-Badan told Reuters by telephone.
Violence has escalated in the West Bank since the beginning of the war in Gaza in October 2023. Attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have increased sharply, with the UN reporting the highest number of attacks on record in October.
Hodaya Ran, Reuters, and The Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.
