RAMALLAH/SALFIT, Monday, July 17, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers, protected by soldiers, went on a rampage in the occupied West Bank last night, attacking Palestinian commuters and villages, endangering the life of people, and causing damage to property, according to various sources.

In the Ramallah area, settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles at the entrance to the village of Bittin, north of Ramallah city, breaking windows of cars and threatening the life of the people in them.

Soldiers present in the area, said the sources, did not intervene to stop the carnage, but intervened only to push back the Palestinians who came out to fend off the settlers, firing tear gas and sound bombs at homes and the youths.

In the Salfit area, north of the West Bank, settlers attacked Palestinian commuters at the entrance to the village of Haris, west of the city of Salfit.

Taysir Clip, a resident of Haris, said settlers blocked the entrance to the village and attacked him while he was with his wife and children in the car trying to enter his village.

The soldiers intervened also to push back the village residents who came out to stop the settlers’ carnage, firing tear gas at homes and causing several suffocation cases.

M.K.