IDF detains several settlers in arson attack; 4 Palestinians injured amid widespread property damage

The IDF says it detained several Israeli settlers who participated in an attack on Palestinians in two West Bank villages close to Nablus a short while ago.

Troops were dispatched to Bayt Lid and Dayr Sharaf following reports of dozens of masked Israelis attacking Palestinians in the villages and setting fire to property, the army says.

Israeli authorities say that four Palestinians were injured in the attack and that 10 vehicles, a barn, a plastics factory and a large warehouse were set on fire in the attack.

“Security forces worked to disperse the [suspects] using riot dispersal means, and detained and arrested several Israeli civilians,” the IDF says, adding that the suspects were handed over to the police.

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The IDF says that a short while later, dozens of Israelis gathered at the nearby Baron Industrial Zone, where many of the masked Israeli assailants had fled to.

“IDF troops rushed to the scene, where Israeli civilians attacked the troops and vandalized a military vehicle,” the military says.

The army says that it “strongly condemns all forms of violence that divert the attention of commanders and soldiers from their missions of defense and counterterrorism.”

Palestinian media reports that Israeli troops prevented Palestinians from being able to reach some of the fires sparked by settlers in the attack.

Arrests in such incidents of settler violence are rare and convictions are even less common.

The Israel Police later says that four Israeli suspects have been taken for questioning. The investigation into the settler attack is being led by the police’s West Bank district, alongside the Shin Bet security agency.