RAMALLAH, May 15, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Friday evening torched two Palestinian-licensed vehicles and vandalized four others at the outskirts of Shuqba village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to WAFA photographer.

He reported that colonists attacked the western area of the village, setting two vehicles on fire and smashing the windows of four others.

He added that the assailants attacked the vicinity of two farmsteads while several villagers were inside, noting that they left afterwards as Israeli occupation forces simultaneously arrived at the scene.

Israeli occupying forces and colonists carried out a total of 1,637 attacks against defenseless Palestinian civilians and their property during April, according to a report issued by the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.

The report stated that the occupation forces carried out 1,097 attacks, while colonists carried out 540 others. It added that the assaults were concentrated mainly in the governorates of Nablus (402 attacks), followed by Hebron (340), Ramallah and al-Bireh (312), and Bethlehem (171).

Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.

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

Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.

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