Extremist Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinian-owned vehicles today near the village of Al-Jaba’a, to the southwest of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Diab Masha’leh, the mayor of the village, told WAFA that groups of hardcore Israeli settlers rampaged through the road connecting Al-Jaba’a with the nearby village of Nahalin, where they attacked Palestinian vehicles driving through the road. No injuries were reported. There has been a serious rise in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. Yesterday, scores of vehicles were set ablaze and dozens of homes attacked by army-guarded Israeli settlers in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. A Palestinian young man was also killed by Israeli occupation soldiers while confronting the settlers’ attack on the town.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA