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Friday, January 9, 2026
Security forces probe overnight settler attacks torching Palestinian school, vehicles
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
Israeli security forces are investigating a series of overnight attacks by Israeli settlers on a Palestinian school and cars in the northern West Bank, the IDF says.
According to the military, troops were sent overnight to the outskirts of the village of Jalud, near Nablus, after receiving reports that a school and other property had been vandalized by settlers.
According to Arabic media reports, attackers had set fire to the school’s sports hall and sprayed graffiti.
Palestinian residents try to extinguish a fire set at dawn today by Israeli settler militias at the sports hall of a school in the village of Jalud, south of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/RSFdIP6ji1
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 9, 2026
Separately, the military says it received reports that settlers torched several Palestinian vehicles and damaged property in the nearby village of Bazariya.
#متابعة| مستوطنون يحرقون عدة سيارات في الحارة التحتا بقرية بزاريا الليلة الماضية pic.twitter.com/yPs7yTOpLn
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) January 9, 2026
No suspects were located when forces arrived at either scene, according to the IDF, and an investigation into the incidents, the latest in a spate of settler attacks, has been launched.
Security forces say they “condemn violence of any kind” and will continue to act to maintain security and order in the area.
The Times of Israel Community.