IDF says troops dispersed masked settlers who attacked Palestinian village

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF comments on the settler attack in the West Bank town of Rujeib this evening, saying that troops stationed in the area quickly worked to disperse the rioters.

According to the military, dozens of masked Israeli civilians from the settlement of Itamar entered the Palestinian town of Rujeib, near Nablus, and attacked the residents there.

“A confrontation and stone-throwing ensued between them and Palestinians who were there. As a result of the stone throwing, several Palestinian vehicles were damaged,” the IDF says.

The military says that troops and Border Police officers stationed in the area, along with other forces dispatched to the scene, “stopped the friction and dispersed the rioters.”

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