Hours after the deadly shooting attack that took place on Tuesday near the community of Ali in the Binyamin Brigade, in which four people were murdered and four others were wounded, settlers arrived at the Arab village of Huwara to confront the Palestinians.
According to residents of Huwara village, settlers attacked Palestinian homes and property and set fire to a car on the outskirts of the village. Ghassan Douglas, who is in charge of the "settlement file," said that "settlers fired live ammunition at young Palestinians who came to push them out of the village." In addition, calls were issued from the mosques for residents to come out and defend the village from attacks by the settlers.
An IDF soldier fires live ammunition over the heads of demonstrators in Samaria in order to eradicate the violence
Attacks on Palestinian property also reportedly occurred in the area of the villages of Burin and Beit Furik. It was also reported that a Palestinian photojournalist was lightly injured after settlers threw stones at vehicles south of Nablus.
Meanwhile, IDF and Border Police forces have been trying for a long time to violently stamp out the protests of residents throughout Samaria following the attack. An IDF soldier was filmed at a protest demonstration at the Beit Furik junction firing live ammunition over the heads of demonstrators who refused to leave the road.
"The responsibility is on you"
MK Ofer Kassif warned the defense minister against Jewish terrorism against Palestinians: "The responsibility is on you and the blood is on your hands. Beyond the heinous crime of these riots, they are liable to lead to terrible bloodshed from which all the inhabitants of the country will be harmed."
In his letter, Kasif noted: "Following incitement calls on social media accounts and settler right-wing channels encouraging attacks and riots against Palestinians, I call on you to act urgently and urgently in cooperation with all law enforcement agencies in order to nip in the bud the planning for attacks and riots by settlers against Palestinians."
He further clarified: "As the occupying power and the replacement of the sovereign, the army has the legal and moral responsibility to protect the Palestinian residents from settler attacks and to prevent atrocities such as the criminal pogrom carried out by the settlers in the village of Huwara."
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