Israeli Settlers Set Fire to 15 Palestinian Vehicles in The West Bank
Vehicles on fire at Al Bireh, Nov. 4, 2024. X/ @cheriblossom__
November 4, 2024 Hour: 7:00 am
Since October 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed about 645 Palestinians in the West Bank.
In the early hours of Monday, a group of Israeli settlers destroyed at least fifteen Palestinian-owned vehicles in the towns of Al Bireh and Deir Dibwan, in the Ramallah Governorate, located in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
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“Israeli settlers set fire to several Palestinian-owned vehicles at dawn on Monday after attacking the town of Al Bireh and the city of Deir Dibwan,” reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The attackers burned 15 vehicles, and the flames spread to five additional vehicles, also affecting the entrance of a building before firefighters arrived. In addition, the attackers painted racist slogans on a nearby wall.
The Israeli police stated in a communiqué that their officers are investigating the incident following reports from residents.
Since the beginning of October this year, around 60 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Additionally, over 1,000 trees, mostly olive trees, have been burned, cut, or vandalized to disrupt the harvest.
“Nearly 60 percent of settler-related incidents involving the olive harvest so far in October have occurred in the northern West Bank, with the Nablus Governorate alone accounting for one-third of the incidents,” OCHA noted.
The Palestinian territory of the West Bank, occupied by Israel in 1967, is experiencing its worst wave of violence in two decades. Since the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza in October 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed about 645 Palestinians in the West Bank.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
