Israeli settlers call this "presenting the bill." In recent days, the mark has been high: a series of revenge operations of rarely achieved violence have descended on Palestinian villages in the West Bank. It has its immediate origin in the deadly attack on 20 June on a petrol station along Route 60, which crosses this territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Attributed to Hamas members, the attack killed four Israelis, many of whom lived in settlements. The following day, the attack on the village of Turmus Aya by several hundred armed settlers attracted some international attention. But other similar operations have gone under the radar.
A few hours after the attack on 20 June, the Palestinian village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya was violently attacked from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. According to Amin Nobani, a 63-year-old resident, there were about 150 assailants with...
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