Jewish settlers wreak havoc in West Bank village

14 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2011 الساعة . 12:37 ص   بتوقيت القدس

Jewish settlers attacked Assira Al-Qabaliya village, south of Nablus, after midnight Sunday and threw stones at Palestinian homes and cars.

Local sources said that the settlers, from the nearby settlement of Yitzhar, tried to set a car on fire after smashing its window shields and damaged other parked cars.

They said that the Israeli occupation forces were deployed in the village later on to cover up for the settlers’ withdrawal and to ensure that they would not be attacked by villagers.

Yitzhar is only 200 meters away from the village, which comes under systematic attacks by settlers.

Similar attacks were reported in Al-Khalil city as settlers attacked Palestinian pedestrians in the Old City while the IOF soldiers were installing barriers at its entrance before storming it.

The city has been under intensified attacks by settlers recently coupled with tightened security measures imposed by the IOF.