The IDF on Saturday confirmed Palestinian reports that settlers set West Bank Palestinians’ homes on fire near Bethlehem overnight. “Forces were dispatched to the area and detained several suspects near fires in the village of Kisan. The suspects were transferred to the Israel Police,” the military said in a statement.
Palestinian media outlets reported that groups of settlers entered the villages of Kisan and Dayr ‘Allah east of Bethlehem. “They caused wide destruction, threatened villages to leave their homes and vandalized property.”
Settlers set homes on fire in a West Bank Palestinian village
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Settlers set homes on fire in a West Bank Palestinian village
Kisan municipality posted an urgent call to international organizations to act against attempts to oust villagers from their homes and expand settlements. The municipality also warned that the settlers were trying to gain control of thousands of acres of agricultural land.
His relatives said Musalat was attempting to protect family land from settlers trying to set up an unauthorized outpost when he was beaten for hours and died en route to the hospital.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called for an investigation. “There must be accountability for such an act of terror,” he said in a post on X.