Illegal Israeli settlers attack villages in West Bank
Ramallah, Palestine - A Palestinian official said on Saturday that illegal Israeli settlers are attacking villages in the West Bank using weapons given to them by the Israeli government, calling for international intervention to stop ‘organised gang crimes’.
The illegal settlers ‘are trying to impose facts on the ground with the full support of the extreme right-wing government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu’, head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Minister Muayyad Sha’ban, told Anadolu.
“These gangs were armed and trained by the same government. The whole world saw (Minister of National Security) Itamar Ben Gvir distributing automatic weapons to the settlers,” the official said, adding that: “He distributed more than 16,000 pieces of weapons throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem.”
Since Friday, they launched a massive attack on Palestinian villages in the West Bank namely Al-mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, killing a young man and wounding dozens of Palestinians, in addition to burning more than 40 homes and dozens of vehicles.
“These gangs are also supported by decisions from the so-called Civil Administration of the army,” the official said.
Sha’ban called for ‘international intervention to stop the right-wing government and organised gangs in the entire West Bank’.
He said that what is happening in the West Bank is ‘an attempt by the settlers to impose a fait accompli policy, specifically since October 7 and in conjunction with the war on Gaza’.
He added, “A ministerial committee will visit the village of Al-mughayyir, survey the damages, and compensate those affected..”