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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family

A burned-out car stands outside a damaged building which has extensive smoke damage to the stone around its burned-out windows and roof.  The house is on the edge of a rocky-looking hillside.
Israeli settlers attacked the West Bank village of Jalud, south of Nablus, early on Tuesday. Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has made everyday life for Palestinians “untenable”, as a mob attack on Palestinians trying to return home prompted one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rivals to warn of a campaign of settler terror.

More than 100 militant settlers overwhelmed Israeli security forces early on Tuesday to attack a Palestinian family as they attempted to reclaim their homes which had been seized by settlers in the West Bank village of Jalud. Three Israeli security officials were injured and houses were set on fire.

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