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Friday, January 9, 2026
2 West Bank Palestinians said arrested after settlers unleash livestock and try to attack them
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli forces arrest two Palestinian brothers from Atara, near Ramallah in the West Bank, after settlers tried to attack people in the village and to let livestock graze next to the brothers’ home, according to Palestinian media.
No Israelis are reported arrested and there are no reports of injuries. The IDF does not respond to a request for comment.
#شاهد | مستوطنون يهاجمون منزلا في قرية عطارة شمال رام الله ويحاولون الاعتداء على الأهالي. pic.twitter.com/yJjnRZNrbE
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) January 9, 2026
Footage published by Palestinian media shows three Hebrew-speaking masked individuals get out of an Israeli vehicle on a dirt road in Atara. At least one of them swings a club at a Palestinian man, eliciting yells from other Palestinians on the scene. The Palestinians threaten, in Hebrew, to call police and demand, in Arabic, that the settlers withdraw their sheep, which cannot be seen in the video.
One of the masked individuals can be heard ordering the other two, in Hebrew, to hold the line against the Palestinians, as one of the other masked individuals films the incident on his phone.
The Times of Israel Community.