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Israeli Prime Minister and Military Issue Rare and Swift Condemnation of Attack by Israel Settlers in West Bank
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By Associated Press
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August 21, 2024

A column of Israeli Army armored vehicles leave following a military operation in the West Bank town of Tubas, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

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JERUSALEM โ€” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military issued rare and swift condemnations of the attack by Israeli settlers on a village in the occupied West Bank that killed at least one Palestinian and injured another.

The Aug. 14 attack in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, was the latest in a series of settler incursions in the volatile territory since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7.

The Israeli military said that dozens of settlers, some masked, had torched vehicles and structures in the town, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails in what it called a โ€œviolent riotโ€. It said forces used โ€œriot dispersal meansโ€ and arrested one Israeli civilian.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack.

โ€œThose who fight terrorism are only the IDF and security forces, not anyone else,โ€ read a statement from his office. โ€œThose responsible for any crime will be caught and prosecuted.โ€

The Israeli military said it was opening an investigation into the attack.

Over 633 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, most by Israeli raids into Palestinian cities and towns.

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