Settlers filmed attacking activists trying to protect Bedouin hamlet in West Bank

Settlers from the Giborei David outpost are filmed attacking a nearby Bedouin hamlet in the northern West Bank early Thursday morning.

The suspects target several homes, including a caravan where a group of left-wing activists are staying in order to try and protect Palestinian residents from what have been repeated, unchecked settler attacks.

Footage shows the settlers shattering windows of the caravan, and the activists tell Haaretz that the suspects also sprayed mace inside after doing so.

Haaretz says there has been a sharp rise in such attacks on vulnerable Bedouin hamlets throughout the West Bank in recent weeks.

The phenomenon has led to an increase of deployments of Israeli and foreign solidarity activists to try and protect the villages, albeit with limited success.

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