Israeli settlers have again attacked a Palestinian household in the village of Beit Fureeq near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, blowing up a vehicle and part of a house, Press TV reports.
Belongings of several members of the Palestinian family were destroyed in the attack, which took place in early hours of Thursday.
Atef Hanani, the mayor of the town, said the settlers had poured inflammable liquid on the vehicle and placed a gas tank inside a room in the Palestinian house before setting both on fire.
Ghassan Doughlas, a Palestinian Authority (PA) official in charge of West Bank affairs, called on the international community to intervene, saying that the attack marked a new climb in Israeli settler violence.
Meanwhile, Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied territories also cut down some 20 Palestinian olive trees in the outskirts of the East al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Beit Safafa on Thursday.
Olive cultivation and its related businesses in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in the Gaza Strip, have been severely damaged due repeated attacks by the US-backed Israeli regime.
Over the past weeks, Israel’s Jewish settlers have uprooted hundreds of olive trees and attacked a number of mosques.
Israeli soldiers have occasionally clashed with the settlers, who describe their violent attacks against Palestinian households, mosques and farming as the “price tag” for “unfair” policies of the Israeli regime.
Source: Press TV
28 October , 2011
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