The Israeli Army Admits Its Soldiers Stormed a Palestinian Village and Vandalized Citizens' Cars

The Israeli Army admitted on Tuesday evening that its soldiers stormed a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank and vandalized citizens' cars.

The Army stated in a statement: "Last Saturday, a force from the Paratroopers Brigade entered the village of Deir Dibwan, contrary to instructions and without permission," east of Ramallah city.

It added: "The soldiers vandalized Palestinian vehicles in a manner that violates regulations, orders, and what is expected from fighters of the Israeli Army."

The Army claimed that upon learning of it, it opened an in-depth investigation into the incident "to examine the soldiers' conduct," adding "during the investigation, additional violations were revealed and dealt with as well," without specifying them.

It indicated that "all the soldiers involved were summoned to their commanders, tried, and punished."

It said that the platoon commanders who participated in the incident "were tried by the Paratroopers Brigade commander with military imprisonment, and another fighter from the Benjamin Brigade who initiated the vandalism acts was tried by the Benjamin Brigade commander with military imprisonment as well."

The Army continued in its statement "all the commanders involved in the incident will not return to command or combat positions in the Army."

It added: "The results of the initial investigation in the case were presented to the Chief of Staff (Eyal Zamir), who concluded that the incident is serious and contradicts the values of the Israeli Army and the standards of professionalism expected from its fighters."

Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian sheep farm and assaulted workers in it in the municipality of Deir Dibwan at dawn on Friday before stealing dozens of sheep.

At the time, local sources reported that the settlers attacked the town of Deir Dibwan east of Ramallah, stormed the farm, and assaulted two workers by beating them, before stealing a flock consisting of 150 heads and fleeing.

The sources indicated that the town had previously been subjected to repeated attacks by extremist settlers, including stealing sheep, burning vehicles and shops, and assaulting citizens.

About 750,000 settlers live in hundreds of settlements built on West Bank lands, including 250,000 in East Jerusalem, and they commit daily attacks against Palestinian citizens with the aim of forcibly displacing them.

In November 2025, settlers committed 621 attacks against Palestinians and their properties and livelihoods in the West Bank, according to data from the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission (governmental).

Since the genocide war in Gaza began on October 8, 2023, the Israeli Army and settlers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,103 Palestinians, injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

Israel is also intensifying its crimes to annex the West Bank to it, especially through demolishing Palestinian homes, displacing them, and expanding settlements, according to Palestinian authorities.

Annexing the West Bank to Israel would end the possibility of implementing the two-state solution (Palestinian and Israeli), as stipulated in UN resolutions.

Israel was established in 1948 on Palestinian lands occupied by armed Zionist gangs that committed massacres and displaced hundreds of thousands of citizens, then Tel Aviv occupied the rest of the lands, and refuses to withdraw and establish a Palestinian state.