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Sunday, August 23, 2026
Settlers accused of setting fire, painting graffiti in northern West Bank village
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian media outlets report that a vehicle and a makeshift structure in the West Bank village of Usarin, south of Nablus were torched overnight, in what they describe as a settler attack. There are no reports of injuries.
Footage from the scene shows a structure on fire and a partially burned car.
Pictures also show graffiti in Hebrew reading, “Revenge, 30 for Benayahu,” seemingly marking 30 days since settlement security officer Benayahu Mellet was killed during an armed clash between settlers and Palestinians in the nearby village of Tell.
مستوطنون يحرقون منشأة (كوخ) ومركبة ويخطون شعارات عنصرية في قرية أوصرين جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/vsW8MkklwX
— وكالة سند للأنباء – Snd News Agency (@Snd_pal) August 23, 2026
Other graffiti reads “Death to the enemy, freedom for the homeland,” a slogan used by the Lehi Jewish underground, which fought British rule in Mandatory Palestine in the 1940s.
????صورة |مستوطنون يحرقون مركبة ويخطون شعارات عبرية معادية خلال اقتحام أطراف قرية أوصرين جنوب نابلس pic.twitter.com/e4cb2luGxb
— شبكة يافا الإخبارية (@yaffa_ps) August 23, 2026
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