NABLUS, Saturday, February 23, 2019 (WAFA) – Extremist Jewish settlers attacked with stones on Saturday evening a private Palestinian vehicle near the village of Huwwara, to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the vehicle’s owner said.

Mohammad Sawafta, who comes from the village of Bardala in the Jordan Valley region of the West Bank, told WAFA that Jewish settlers attacked his vehicle while he was driving near the village. He said the vehicle sustained serious damages as a result of the attack, but was not himself injured.

Sawafta added that the attack occurred in full sight of Israeli soldiers who did nothing to prevent the attack.

Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. It includes arsons of property and mosques, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.

Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law.

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