Israeli settlers living in the West Bank set fire to fields and sprayed racist slogans in a village near Ramallah, according to reports. like fire hazards and deadly Israeli military attacks have risen sharply in recent days.
The attacks came as Ronen Bar, the head of Israel's internal security agency Shin Bet (Shabak), urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to reveal the massive fighting in the occupied territories.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency, citing witnesses, said on Friday that a group of settlers attacked the farm outside Khirbet Abu Falah where they set fire to a house and left racist graffiti on the walls in Hebrew.
Pictures published online by the Quds News Network show the alleged fire.
Palestinian security forces were dispatched to put out the fire. No injuries were reported in the attack Thursday night.
Wafa also said that Khirbet Abu Falah, as well as the town of Turmus Aya and the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, have been repeatedly attacked by Israeli residents, who are said to have been protected by the Israeli army.
Earlier, Israeli settlers also set fire to a Palestinian vehicle in the village of Wadi Rahhal, south of Bethlehem, according to Al Quds Today.
The most recent attacks by Israeli settlers took place after that Palestinian soldiers shot and killed three Israeli residents near the illegal Kedumim site on Monday.
In the first week of 2025, attacks by Israeli settlers injured at least 18 Palestinians across the occupied territories, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
At the same time, at least three Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed by Israeli forces, while three more Palestinians, including a child, were killed in clashes, OCHA said.
This number did not include three other Palestinians, including two children, who were he was killed in an Israeli attack in the town of Tammun and in the West Bank which was seized on Wednesday.
On Friday, Israeli forces continued to conduct raids across the occupied West Bank, firing bombs and arresting several Palestinians.
In Qabatiya, south of Jenin, Israeli soldiers, hiding in civilian clothes, surrounded a house and bombarded it with projectiles, according to Wafa, quoting a local resident.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Since the beginning of 2025, more than 50 Palestinians have been displaced Destruction of Israeli homes across the occupied West Bankaccording to OCHA.
Overnight, several Israeli attacks were also reported in Nablus and several Palestinian youths were arrested.
Pictures sent on Telegram and confirmed by Al Jazeera's Sanad show the moment Israeli soldiers joined forces and arrested dozens of young men during an attack on the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of the city. Salfit.
Israeli forces also attacked the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem; the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah; the villages of Hajjah and Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya; and Jalazone refugee campa frequent target of Israeli military operations.
On Friday, the Shin Bet's Bar was quoted as saying in a Channel 12 report that Israel should study on October 7 Hamas is attacking and launching a major offensive in the occupied West Bank.
“A major, revolutionary movement must be launched that will defeat and eliminate the activities of the Palestinian armed forces … to ensure that we have the freedom to operate there.”