[LAUREN TAYLOR]
ISRAEL IS TAKING ACTION IN RESPONSE TO A DEADLY SETTLER RAMPAGE ON A PALESTINIAN VILLAGE IN THE WEST BANK.
THREE ADULTS AND ONE MINOR WERE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF PERPETRATING “TERRORIST INCIDENTS” AGAINST PALESTINIANS.
THE ARRESTS COME AS ISRAEL FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AFTER
DOZENS OF ISRAELI SETTLERS SET THE VILLAGE OF JIT ABLAZE LAST THURSDAY.
THOSE APPREHENDED HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.
WITNESSES SAY AT LEAST A HUNDRED MASKED SETTLERS RAIDED THE VILLAGE.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS VOWED THE ATTACKERS WILL BE “APPREHENDED AND TRIED.”
VIOLENCE ACROSS THE REGION IS ON THE RISE SINCE THE OCTOBER 7TH TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS IN ISRAEL.
THE U-N SAYS NEARLY 12-HUNDRED SETTLER ATTACKS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED SINCE THEN.
THE AGENCY SAYS IT’S LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF NEARLY 16-HUNDRED PALESTINIANS.
IN RECENT MONTHS THE U-S HAS PUSHED FOR ISRAEL TO ADDRESS RISING SETTLER VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK.
IT’S ALSO PUT SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO THE VIOLENCE.
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