Palestinian residents reported a series of attacks by Israeli colonizers across the occupied West Bank, including the burning of a family home in the southern West Bank, invasions of Palestinian communities, and demolition activity near occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah.
Before dawn on Thursday, Israeli paramilitary colonizers from the illegal Otniel colony, built on Palestinian land south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, attacked a home belonging to Bassam Al-Nawaj’a in the Khallet Al-Farra area west of Yatta.
The family said the colonizers set fire to the house while five people were asleep inside.
Mohammad Al-Nawaj’a, a family member, said five masked colonizers approached the three-room home, smashed a window, threatened the occupants, and threw a highly flammable substance inside.
The fire engulfed and destroyed the house, while the five occupants escaped without reported injury.
In the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, Israeli colonizers invaded the Khirbet Samra community and moved among residents’ tents. Residents said such invasions have become a daily occurrence.
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Khirbet Samra and other communities in the area have been subjected to repeated attacks by colonizers, including invasions, the pursuit of Palestinian shepherds, and the seizure of grazing lands in what residents describe as efforts to force them from their land.
Furthermore, a group of colonizers invaded the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, and invaded the Sharafa family gathering hall, where they carried out provocative acts.
Local sources said, instead of removing the colonizers, Israeli forces informed the family that the hall would be closed for two days.
Elsewhere, Israeli colonizers attempted to invade the Abu Fazza’ Bedouin community near the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
In a separate incident, colonizers invaded the Wadi Salman area northwest of occupied Jerusalem and caused damage to Palestinian property.
