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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Settlers torch Hebron cars, call out IDF general who expressed alarm over phenomenon
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Palestinian media outlets report that settlers set fire overnight Wednesday-Thursday to two vehicles in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. No injuries have been reported.
The settlers also sprayed graffiti reading “Regards to Blot,” apparently referring to Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth.
Bluth yesterday sent a letter to local council heads in the West Bank in which he condemned nationalist crimes against Palestinians, writing that “the phenomenon does not occur in a vacuum — public leadership is required to make its voice clearly heard against it.”
Meanwhile, the Yesh Din organization says that in the first 17 days since the start of the war with Iran, 170 separate incidents of settler violence against Palestinians were reported in the West Bank — an average of 10 per day.
These included assaults, shootings, property damage, and threats.
مصادر محلية: مستوطنون يحرقون مركبتين في ضاحية الرامة بمدينة الخليل pic.twitter.com/lRrNjLz49h
— ahmad s. faqeeh (@AlwanSin30) March 19, 2026
פעולת תג מחיר הלילה בחברון, אחרי מכתבו של אלוף פיקוד המרכז נגד פשיעה לאומנית: רעולי פנים הציתו שני רכבים וריססו גרפיטי "ד"ש בלוט"@HGoldich pic.twitter.com/Ak9yqKuuGJ
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) March 19, 2026
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