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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Settlers riot as forces attempt to evacuate them from outside Palestinian homes; officials complain plan was leaked
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The evacuation of a settler outpost next to two Palestinian homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Qusra was apparently leaked to the media before it was carried out.
Reports this morning in Hebrew-language media said that the IDF and Border Police dismantled the outpost and removed the settler activists from the area.
However, only around an hour later did the army begin to destroy the outpost. Clashes are still taking place in the area, with the settlers blocking an entrance road to the Qusra homes with rocks, footage shows.
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A security source cited by Army Radio says that “the evacuation of the outpost in Qusra was leaked to the media before the outpost was actually evacuated.”
“This caused dozens of Jewish rioters to have time to arrive at the site before the forces actually managed to evacuate the outpost. There is now a mass riot by dozens of settlers in the village,” the source says.
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