Palestinian Authority condemns Israeli settler ‘terrorism’ after West Bank clashes

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 22, 2026. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)

The Palestinian Authority’s presidency condemns violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank after a gunfight in a Palestinian village that killed two Israelis and four Palestinians.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ office says it “condemns Israeli colonists’ terrorism across [the] West Bank,” according to a statement published by PA news agency Wafa.

It condemns attacks “on civilians and their property in the towns and villages of Urif, Surra, Imatin, Far’ata, Umriha, and Masafer Yatta” today, the statement adds.

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