Rampaging settlers torch Palestinian cars, fields near Nablus after deadly shooting
At least 34 people reported injured, 140 cars burned as vigilantes run riot through West Bank towns while Jerusalem mulls response to attack; three Israelis reported arrested
By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES
Today, 2:14 am
Israeli settler vigilantes tore through several Palestinian towns in the West Bank following a deadly shooting attack on a nearby settlement Tuesday night, setting cars and fields on fire, vandalizing homes and terrorizing residents
in a grim repeat of an incident some termed a pogrom earlier this year.
Palestinians in Luban a-Sharqiya, Huwara, Beit Furik, Burin and other towns south of Nablus in the northern West Bank said carloads of settlers rampaged through the villages Tuesday night, hurling stones and setting cars, fields, homes and other property ablaze.
Three Israelis were arrested over the attacks, Israels Ynet news reported.
Nablus official Ghassan Daghlas said 34 Palestinians were injured, most of them from tear gas, and at least 140 vehicles set ablaze, including an ambulance.
The rampage was set off by an attack hours earlier in which two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a hummus restaurant and gas station in the settlement of Eli, killing four Israelis, including two 17-year-old boys, and injuring four others. One of the terrorists was shot dead at the scene by an armed Israeli civilian, while the second fled and was killed some two hours later by special forces.
Hours after the attack, Israeli settlers streamed through Palestinian towns, trying to torch property and smashing cars with stones, according to locals, with some of the assaults captured on video.
Source:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rampaging-settlers-torch-palestinian-cars-fields-near-nablus-after-deadly-shooting/
We dont call it The Wild West Bank for nothing Mosby