Over 100 Israeli settlers assault Palestinian village in West Bank
More than a hundred radical Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Jaloud, clashing with Israeli security forces and setting fire to property as the army tried to safeguard a family's return.
In the northern West Bank village of Jaloud, more than a hundred radical Israeli settlers launched a coordinated assault to prevent the Tubasi family from moving back into their house after they fled in July due to repeated harassment. The Israeli military had arranged the family's return, but the settlers blocked streets, set structures and cars ablaze, and threw stones at troops and police, injuring three officers. Security forces intervened, arresting two of the rioters, while Palestinian media reported the family's home was also set on fire.
President Izchak Herzog denounced the attacks as a moral blemish and called for full legal punishment; Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called the incident "serious and abhorrent" and pledged investigations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu urged harsh penalties for the "handful of troublemakers" but stressed they do not represent law-abiding settlers. The incident underscores ongoing settler violence, with the Israeli military reporting an average of 2.4 attacks per day in the occupied West Bank.
Why it matters
The attack highlights rising settler violence and challenges to rule of law in the occupied West Bank.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 EU debates ban on settlement products as Israeli forces raze West Bank homes
- Sep 9 UK joined eleven other countries in imposing a ban on West Bank settlement products.
- Sep 9 The sanctions were announced immediately before the start of Rosh Hashanah.
- Sep 9 Eight Arab and Muslim states publicly praised the United Kingdom’s ban on settlement products.
- Sep 10 Israeli opposition parties offered no substantive response to the UK sanctions.
- Sep 12 Eisenkot’s Yashar party entered the race with a poll showing 23 projected seats.
- Sep 13 US activists created a whistle‑blower hotline and warned firms could be targeted under anti‑BDS laws.
- Sep 14 British foreign secretary expected to announce a trade ban on settlement‑linked goods.
- Sep 17 A year after the October ceasefire, Israeli evacuation orders and ongoing attacks have kept Palestinians in Gaza displaced, with thousands killed, wounded and facing severe food insecurity.
- Sep 18 The UN rights office issued a warning that the displacement of over 33,000 refugees from West Bank camps may amount to crimes against humanity.
- Sep 23 A man in his forties was seriously wounded when a vehicle rammed a police car at a checkpoint near Modi'in on the road to the West Bank.
- Sep 23 The checkpoint’s security personnel have been reinforced and an investigation launched.
- Sep 27 Netanyahu publicly urged right‑wing parties to merge ahead of the election.
- Sep 28 A six‑storey apartment block collapsed, killing 21 people and prompting a lengthy rescue effort.
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