Israeli settlers torched buildings and cars in Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank in apparent retaliation for the killing by Hamas of four Israelis the day before
The strike near the flashpoint city of Jenin came amid a surge in violence over recent days in the occupied West Bank, where for over a year the military has been conducting regular sweeps leading to repeated clashes with Palestinian fighters.
"This is about removing a threat - we identified a vehicle shooting at the crossing and removed the threat," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a tweet. The IDF said troops had entered Turmus Ayya to put out fires and prevent clashes and it said the Israeli civilians had left the town. Yaqoub Oweis, chairman of the village council of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqeya near Ramallah, said Israeli soldiers and police stood by as a large group of settlers burned a petrol station, orchards, a cement factory and dozens of cars.
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