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Huwarah, Nablus District: Settlers attack houses, shops and cars with stones, steal and set fire to property

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Huwarah, Nablus District: Settlers attack houses, shops and cars with stones, steal and set fire to property

On Wednesday, 24 July 2024, at around 10:30 P.M., about 30 settlers, some of them masked and carrying firearms, clubs and slingshots, arrived at the segment of Route 60 that runs through the center of the town of Huwarah, with a military escort. The settlers attacked two houses, smashing the glass panes of about 13 windows, glass railings in three porches, as well as windows and outdoor lighting in about five businesses. The settlers also smashed the windows of four cars that were parked on the street and set fire to four others. They also torched weeds in the spaces between some homes and a storage shed and stole a bicycle. The soldiers escorting them did nothing. The settlers left about two hours later, only after Border Police and Special Patrol Unit jeeps arrived along with DCO cars.

19 July 2024: Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian homes, smash car windows and burn olive trees. Soldiers ignore their actions

Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has acted in a coordinated and deliberate manner to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip, committing genocide against its residents. In light of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the public statements made by Israeli decision-makers, and the international community’s failure to take effective action, there is a serious risk that the Israeli regime will expand the genocide to other areas under its control—first and foremost, the West Bank.
B’Tselem calls on the Israeli public and the international community to use every tool available under international law to bring an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.