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Settlers accused of torching Palestinian property in southern West Bank

By Nurit Yohanan 9 August 2026, 7:26 am
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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Palestinian media outlets report that settlers set fire to Palestinian property overnight in Wadi Rahim in the southern West Bank.

Footage from overnight shows unidentified individuals entering the yards of residents’ homes in the southern Hebron Hills village and setting fire to furniture outside one of the houses.

No injuries are reported, and no suspects are named, though the incident is widely attributed to settler extremists.

The reports come on the heels of another reported settler attack in Wadi Rahim hours earlier in which four Palestinians were injured.

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