A view of burnt car caused by Israeli settlers who attacked and burned the Palestinian village of Khirbet Al-Marjam in the occupied West Bank on 13 March 2025 [Social media/X]
A view of burnt car caused by Israeli settlers who attacked and burned the Palestinian village of Khirbet Al-Marjam in the occupied West Bank on 13 March 2025 [Social media/X]
Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Khirbet Al-Marjam in the occupied West Bank last night, burning three houses and a number of cars in the latest in a series of raids that have surged during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Reuters reports.
Local residents said settlers stormed through the village, firing live ammunition and hurling teargas bombs at people trying to put out the flames. CCTV footage showed masked individuals entering Palestinians’ property, throwing objects around and destroying a security camera.
“They climbed on top of the house and started to throw stones,” resident Maysoom Msalam said. “They broke the door and the windows. Then they burnt this door and entered and set fire inside the house.”
Khirbet al-Marajem, Nablus Governorate.
Last night, settlers carried out a pogrom in the community, setting property and vehicles on fire. 3 houses were completely burned down. After the settlers left the area towards the Adey-Ad outpost, soldiers from the “Moral Army” arrived… pic.twitter.com/eH5rxsSkh0
— מסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים (@Mistaclim) March 14, 2025
Ghassan Daghlas, governor of the nearby city of Nablus, said: “This is an attack aimed at expelling citizens from their lands by settlers, a project to displace Palestinians from their lands.”
“Through this attack, the settlers are telling Palestinians, either you leave, or we will burn you. The situation is very difficult, the settlers are getting more violent.”
The attacks have come as Israeli ministers have been calling openly for a full annexation of the occupied West Bank.
According to figures from the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA there were at least 1,580 attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers that resulted in casualties, property damage or both last year, and another 220 since the start of this year.
In one of the biggest recent attacks, Bedouin families in the Jordan Valley said bands of Israeli settlers stole hundreds of sheep and goats last week.
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