The Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry stated that the armed assault by fanatic Israeli colonizers on Jeet village, east of Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, which led to the death of a young man and left another critically wounded, as well as the arson of homes and vehicles, constitutes organized state-sponsored terrorism.

In a statement, the Ministry vehemently denounced “the savage onslaught by settler terrorist groups on Jeet village,” labeling it a “dangerous intensification of the continuous offenses against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, perpetrated under the auspices of the occupying army, which steps in to quell the citizens’ self-defense efforts.”

The Ministry regards this attack with utmost gravity, noting that it was a premeditated, armed collective assault by approximately 100 colonizers, intent on killing, resulting in the killing of Rashid , and injuries to others, alongside the torching of numerous homes and vehicles belonging to the villagers.

The Ministry stated that when about 100 armed persons with weapons provided to them by Israeli National Security Minister, colonialist settler Itamar Ben-Gvir, gather and attack the Palestinians, they do so because they are politically, legally, and security-wise shielded and supported.

Such attacks are not unprecedented, reminiscent of multiple assaults on Huwwara town, south of Nablus, including its incineration among other offenses.

The Ministry reiterated its call for a decisive international response that compels the occupying power to “dismantle the terrorist settler outposts and militias scattered across the occupied West Bank, cut off their financial support, remove their political and legal immunity, apprehend their criminal members, and coerce them to terminate their colonial replacement agenda and racist discriminatory practices in occupied Palestine.”

The Ministry asserts that the collective attack on Jeet Village proves that the sanctions imposed by some nations on certain terrorist settler elements are inadequate and fail to deter them from ceasing their atrocities.

It called for the implementation of punitive sanctions on the entire colonial framework and those who backed it and incited such savage violence and terrorism by Israeli officials before it is too late.

Furthermore, the Ministry urges the International Criminal Court to swiftly assume its duties in this matter, stressing that halting the genocidal war against our people and ensuring their international protection is an essential precondition for affording them the right to self-determination with freedom and dignity.