Israeli settlers raid properties in the West Bank, start fires

Israeli settlers have proceeded to conduct raids on Palestinian property located in the occupied West Bank, as tensions worsen in the region, Middle East Eye reported on June 17th.

The settlers attacked property and started fires near Ramallah, Nablus and Qalqilya, according to Palestinian sources. Reportedly, on the evening of June 14th settlers set alight and vandalised Palestinian property in al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya, which is to the east of Ramallah.

In the town, a settler group attacked an industrial building and shattered a vehicle’s windshield. The building’s owner, Abdel Samad Abdel Aziz, said that 70 settlers had attacked the building in a bid to destroy it.

Middle East Eye