“Actions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family are disgusting,” Huckabee wrote on X.
“No excuse for such thuggish behaviour,” he stated.
He said Israeli authorities intervened after a US request, although witnesses reported that settlers remained in the area after soldiers removed their tent on Wednesday.
The Israeli army later announced plans to deploy another battalion as it sought to restore order amid continuing settler violence around the town.
Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor, has previously supported illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and opposed Palestinian statehood.
Since 1967, Israel has expanded its occupation of Palestinian territories, leaving millions of people vulnerable regarding their basic needs, despite UN resolutions and calls for withdrawal.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has increased sharply since October 2023 when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.
More than 500,000 Israelis live in occupied West Bank settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, alongside about three million Palestinians.
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