Settlers storm Palestinian areas in the West Bank and carry out assaults

Israeli settlers stormed several Palestinian areas in the West Bank on Sunday evening and carried out assaults targeting Palestinians and their property.

Settlers stormed the site of the evacuated settlement of Tarsala south of the city under heavy protection from the Israeli army.

Buses carrying settlers, accompanied by occupation soldiers and Israeli military vehicles, stormed the Tarsala site, known as the "Sanur" settlement near the town of Jaba south of Jenin, which was evacuated in 2005, in preparation for reviving the so-called Hebrew "Hanukkah" holiday.

Israeli authorities approved in May last month the establishment of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, including the re-establishment of the "Homesh" and "Tarsala - Sanur" settlements in Jenin governorate.

For its part, the Al-Haq human rights organization stated in a statement that settlers stormed Khirbet al-Hadidiya in the northern Jordan Valley and fenced off lands belonging to citizens from Tubas governorate "in a step aimed at imposing control over the lands and preventing free access to them".

The organization explained that "the settlers placed wires and fencing on large parts of the lands, which hindered the movement of residents and obstructed their access to their agricultural properties, and caused concern among the locals who depend on those lands in their daily lives".

South of Nablus city, the human rights organization stated that groups of settlers stormed the Shkara gathering east of the town of Duma south of the city and "damaged the fence surrounding the residents' homes and instilled fear among the population".

It explained that the settlers "terrified the children and drove them away while they were playing in front of their homes, which caused a state of panic and tension within the gathering" adding that "these violations constitute a serious escalation targeting the daily lives of the residents and the security of children in particular".

East of the West Bank, "Al-Haq" stated that settlers stormed the Bedouin gathering of Shallala al-Auja south of Jericho city and filmed foreign and Israeli activists and harassed the residents.

It added that the incursions "reflect the continuation of the policy of tightening on the Bedouin residents in the Jordan Valley and aim to increase pressure on them in their areas" warning "of the danger of these measures on the lives and stability of the locals".

As for the south of the West Bank, it mentioned that settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones near Al-Minya southeast of Bethlehem and east of Bethlehem "which led to damage to several of them, and they lit a "menorah" in the area".

It added that dozens of settlers stormed Khirbet (small village) al-Tariq (the ancient Tubiq) in the town of Halhul north of Hebron city "under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces".

It added that the settlers "performed rituals and Talmudic prayers in the place, in the presence of official and religious Jewish leaders, amid a wide deployment of occupation forces (which) imposed security restrictions in the area, closed the roads leading to it, and prevented citizens from movement and travel".

According to data from the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission (governmental) for November, settlers carried out 621 assaults in the West Bank targeting Palestinians and their property.

In parallel with the two years of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers escalated their assaults in the West Bank, resulting in the killing of more than 1,102 Palestinians, injuring about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

Meanwhile, the Israeli genocide war in Gaza, which began on October 8, 2023, left more than 70,000 Palestinian dead and 171,000 injured, mostly children and women, along with massive destruction with a reconstruction cost estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.