QALQILIA, February 10, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers Wednesday attacked with an axe the car of a Palestinian driver while driving at Qalqilia-Nablus road, according to local sources.

Zakaria Sedda, of the Rabbis for Human Rights organization, told WAFA settlers from Karnei Shomron, an illegal settlement east of Qalqilia in the West Bank, attacked with an axe the car of Saeed Abu Hania, from nearby Azzoun village, causing partial damage.

Violence by illegal Israeli settlers is commonplace, and includes property and mosques’ arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

According to B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, “Israeli civilians have perpetrated various forms of violence against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, damaging their lands, their persons and their property.”

It explained, “In recent years, settlers have carried out violent acts under the slogan “price tag.” These are acts of violence aimed at the Palestinian population and Israeli security forces.”

B‘Tselem has documented many acts including the blocking of roads, throwing stones at cars and houses, making incursions into Palestinian villages and land, torching fields, uprooting trees, and other damage to property.

Settlers‘ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

On July 31, a group of settlers killed 18-month-old Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh and seriously injured his entire family, during a predawn arson attack, which targeted two homes in the village of Duma, south of Nablus.

The baby’s father, Sa’ad Dawabsheh, his mother Riham and his 4-year-old brother Ahmad sustained third degree burns and were transferred to several hospitals to receive immediate medical care.

Reham and Sa’ad died within two months while Ahmad remains in hospital to receive urgent treatment.

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