The Israeli army stated that “dozens of Israeli civilians, a few of them masked, had entered Jit and set fireplace to automobiles and buildings within the space.” | Photograph credit score: AP
The White Home on Thursday (15 August 2024) condemned what it known as “unacceptable” assaults on Palestinians by Jewish settlers after one individual was killed and one other injured in a village within the occupied West Financial institution.
“Violent settler assaults in opposition to Palestinian civilians within the West Financial institution are unacceptable and should cease,” a Nationwide Safety Council spokesman stated in an announcement.
“Israeli authorities should take steps to guard all communities from hurt, together with by intervening to cease such violence and holding all perpetrators of such violence accountable.”
The Palestinian Well being Ministry stated a 23-year-old man was killed and one other suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest within the assault on the village of Jit, west of Nablus.
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The Israeli army stated “dozens of Israeli civilians, a few of them masked,” had entered Jit and “set fireplace to automobiles and buildings within the space, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the incident.
