During clashes between Jews and Arabs in Hawara - a house of a Palestinian family was set on fire (Shlomi Heller)
A resident of Hawara accused the IDF of cooperating with the settlers who rioted in the town yesterday, causing destruction. "At first they came from the direction of the hills, but then they entered in cooperation with the army through the main road, more than 20 people entered," the resident said. This has not been the case since the beginning of the intifada, we sit in our homes, but since the beginning of this terrorist government, we have experienced more than a hundred attacks in two months in the Nablus region."
This morning there was a tense silence in the town, hours after groups of settlers set fire to houses and vehicles in retaliation for the murderous attack that took place hours First. Photos from the town near Nablus showed burnt vehicles and smoldering houses.
The IDF deployed three additional battalions in the West Bank following the sequence of recent events and placed additional checkpoints in the Nablus area.
The army is still investigating the circumstances of the shooting of the Palestinian, whose body was found near the centers of the clashes.
At the time of yesterday's attack, in which two brothers from Mehr Bracha were murdered, Palestinian and Israeli representatives met in Aqaba in a meeting at the end of which several steps were announced in favor of calm.
The meeting was also attended by American, Jordanian and Egyptian representatives who urged the parties to implement the understandings on the ground.
Destruction of a building in the town of Hvara in the Nablus region after riots by settlers, February 27, 2023 (Photo: Reuters)
Burnt cars after disturbances in Hawara, February 27, 2023 (photo: documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
Ahmed Jabril, from the Red Crescent, said that "it is not new what the IDF forces and the settlers are doing in Nablus, it happens every day, in Burin and Beita, yesterday there were house fires, they attacked a young man with a knife, with an iron on his head, live shooting in Zaatara, they attacked 80 people and resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another, gas spraying, in Hawara there were many injured, 342 injured from gas inhalation, 30 of them were transferred to hospitals." According to him, "The settlers were guarded by the IDF. Two
ambulances were attacked - one with a child Four months old, windows were broken. Four ambulances went to the area in coordination with the municipality, teams went out to put out fires and evacuate the injured."
A burned vehicle after the riots in Hawara, February 27, 2023 (photo: documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
A burnt building after disturbances in Hawara, February 27, 2023 (photo: documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
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