RAMALLAH, Friday, April 21, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today stormed and closed an entrance to al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, according to local sources.

They said that scores of settlers, under army protection, barged their way into the village and sealed off its eastern entrance.

During ensuing confrontations, the gun-toting soldiers showered the villagers who attempted to fend off the settler attack with volleys of tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets, but without any casualty.

Earlier today, another group of settlers, under army protection, broke into al-Hafira area, south of Jenin city, and performed Talmudic rituals after spreading out in the area.

They dispersed over the hill and in the area, classified as an archaeological site, located among the lands of Arraba town, where several Palestinian families reside.

Settlers frequently storm al-Hafira hill and perform multiple Talmudic rituals, under the pretense that it’s a Jewish historical site.

Israel uses the Jewish nationalist name “Judea and Samaria” to refer to the occupied West Bank to reinforce its bogus claims to the territory and to give them a veneer of historical and religious legitimacy.

There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in colonial settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

K.F.