‘Israeli’ settlers, backed up by the occupation forces, have stormed several Palestinian towns in the West Bank, in a show of anger at a Gaza ceasefire deal that is widely seen as a defeat for the occupying regime.
The settlers attacked Palestinian cars and closed several main roads in Turmus Ayy, ‘Atara, Ein Siniya, Ein Ayoub, Qalqilya, and Jaba’ on Sunday evening.

Other reports said that in Sinjil, two houses were torched along with four vehicles, WAFA news agency said.

Footage released on social media shows Israeli settlers hurling stones and Molotov cocktails in their raids.

The assaults took place hours before Israel released the first group of Palestinian abductees, including 69 women and 21 children, in return for the three freed Israeli captives.

The exchange came as part of the truce agreement between the Palestinian Hamas resistance and Israel aimed at ending the latter’s 15-month-long genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Far-right Israelis rejected the deal, insisting instead that the bloody onslaught on Gaza must continue.

Prior to the agreement, ‘Israeli’ minister of military affairs Israel Katz released all 16 settlers who were under administration detention due to their involvement in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

The release of the settlers was meant “to convey a clear message of strengthening and encouraging the settlements,” he said.

Referring to Sunday’s attacks, the Yesh Din rights group said, ”Settler violence against innocent Palestinians without a response” is the message the Tel Aviv regime and Katz send “when they seek to ‘strengthen and encourage’ the settlements”.

Settler violence has escalated significantly since October 7, 2023, when ‘Israel’ unleashed its brutal offensive against Gaza.

Al Masirah report