‘West Bank on fire’: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians near Nablus amid incessant raids
The Israeli human rights group B'tselem says Israel’s “all-out war” on Palestinians continue despite the Gaza ceasefire deal, but this time in the occupied West Bank, which has been on fire.
"Israel is continuing its all-out war on the Palestinian people. Since the ceasefire began in Gaza, the West Bank has been on fire," B'Tselem said in a post on X on Sunday.
According to the group, settlers "attacked communities almost every night last week, sometimes with soldiers standing by."
"Since the ceasefire began on January 19, we have been seeing more military raids on cities and villages in the West Bank, so far killing dozens of people," B'Tselem added, posting a video showing attacks conducted by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians in the occupied territories during the past months.
“This is not what ceasefire looks like,” it stressed.
In their latest attack in the West Bank, Israeli forces shot dead a young man in the Nur Shams camp, east of Tulkarm on Sunday night.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the victim as 20-year-old Eyas Adli Fakhri al-Akhras. His death brings to three the number of those killed on Sunday.
That came as Israeli forces had stormed the camp in the early hours of Friday, raiding the residents' homes.
Settlers attack Palestinians near Nablus
Also on Sunday, Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinians in Khirbet al-Marajem, south of Nablus.
The head of the village council in Duma, Suleiman Dawabsheh, said a group of settlers physically assaulted Palestinians in Khirbet al-Marajem, and wreaked havoc and cut down olive trees in the area.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian governmental commission affiliated to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), reveled last week that Israeli forces and settlers had carried out 2,161 attacks against Palestinians in January.
Two days after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, the Israeli military launched its offensive on the occupied West Bank on January 21, claiming that it was targeting resistance fighters.
On January 15, the Israeli regime, having failed to achieve any of its war objectives including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas or the release of captives, was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
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