IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hezi Halevi slams this morning’s settler attack against a Civil Administration officer in the West Bank, as security forces worked to evacuate and demolish an illegal outpost built on private Palestinian land.
“This is a serious violent incident, which must be denounced and condemned. The rioters who attacked the members of the security forces while carrying out their mission must be brought to justice in a swift and severe manner,” he says, in remarks released by the IDF.
Civil Administration and Border Police personnel had worked to clear the illegal Tzur Harel settlement outpost, which the military says was built on private Palestinian land.
The evacuation had been approved by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also holds a position in the defense ministry.
As forces left the area, masked settlers attacked the vehicle of a lieutenant colonel in the Civil Administration, smashing his windscreen.
Settlers also hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at army vehicles near the Oz Zion outpost.
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