‘Satanic murder’
Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister, said he would file a complaint with the UN over the attack and that he expects “worldwide condemnation of the satanic murder of an entire family”.
The Israeli army said it was combing the area and had set up checkpoints throughout the West Bank. It has also instructed all residents to stay in their homes during the extensive sweeps.
Cal Perry, reporting for Al Jazeera from Jerusalem, said the Israeli military dubbed the assault a “terror attack”.
“This grouping of settlements is really seen and has a reputation among the Palestinians as housing some of the most staunch settlers; some of the most religious settlers,” he said.
“So, really, the fear now among the Palestians is what kind of backlash this would bring upon them from settlers. The IDF [Israeli army], for its part, is carrying out wide, sweeping operations throughout the West Bank, especially round Nablus.
“We understand, from residents there, that at least one village has already been shut down [and] placed under curfew and the city of Nablus is seeing door-to-door searches being carried out by the Israeli army.”
Tension between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the area has been extremely high in recent days.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinians after they clashed with Israeli settlers near Nablus.
Ten Palestinians and a Jewish settler were wounded during the violence, according to Palestinian medical sources and a spokesman for the settlers.
A week earlier, police clashed with settlers in the Havat Gilad outpost west of Nablus as officers moved in to remove a caravan, a tent and another half-built illegal structure there.
That prompted settlers to firebomb a house in Huwarra village, which saw two Palestinian children taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
They also smashed up shops and cars in the southern city of Hebron and settlers also cut down 500 olive tree saplings that had been planted on the site of a former settlement outpost.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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