{"id":583339,"date":"2026-08-13T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/583339\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:36:12","slug":"israeli-forces-raid-occupied-west-bank-town-declare-curfew-as-illegal-settlers-besiege-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/583339\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces raid occupied West Bank town, declare curfew as illegal settlers besiege Palestinians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">&#8220;Actions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family are disgusting,&#8221; Huckabee wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">&#8220;No excuse for such thuggish behaviour,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">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.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The Israeli army later announced plans to deploy another battalion as it sought to restore order amid continuing settler violence around the town.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor, has previously supported illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and opposed Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">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.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has increased sharply since October 2023 when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">More than 500,000 Israelis live in occupied West Bank settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, alongside about three million Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/trtworld.com\/article\/939200965717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/efa9b9c8-00c1-4861-b2f1-2a6a949f58b4-1780485781760.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Actions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-583339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}