Several Palestinians were injured in an attack by settler extremists in the West Bank village of Luban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, with two being evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment, Palestinian media reported Monday.
According to the reports, settlers set fire to two tents used for housing and three vehicles in the village.
Pictures taken from the scene showed the Hebrew phrases “Zionists revenge” and “price tag” were spray-painted in black on some of the property.
“Price tag” is a term used to describe acts of vandalism and violence associated with the settler movement in retaliation for Palestinian attacks and to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government’s pro-Palestinian policies. Mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases have been targeted in such assaults.
The West Bank has recently seen a wave of rising extremist settler violence against Palestinians. Violent attacks by radical elements against Palestinians and civil rights activists seeking to protect them have become a daily occurrence in the West Bank.
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There were no reports of injuries from the arson itself or of any arrests.
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On Sunday, police arrested eight people suspected of partaking in a settler rampage through a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank the day before.
The suspects, whose ages range from 13 to 48, were accused of setting fire to Palestinian residents’ homes and two chicken coops in Qusra, and badly injuring a 32-year-old man employed in the village.
He was left with a serious head injury and was taken to the hospital for further treatment.
The suspects were arrested near the site of the attack, police said, as part of an ongoing investigation into the incident. Police also seized an army-grade M16 assault rifle from one of the suspects.
Last month, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir issued a sharp condemnation of settler violence, calling attacks against Palestinian civilians and soldiers in the West Bank “morally and ethically unacceptable” and a major strategic impediment.
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