PA: Settlers, soldiers attack villagers near Nablus

Israeli settlers from Bracha settlement attack villagers from Burin near Nablus
during the olive harvest. (MaanImages/Rami Swidan, File)

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Armed Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers on Saturday attacked villagers in Nablus in the northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority officials said.

PA settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas told Ma'an that residents of the illegal Bracha settlement raided Burin village, threw rocks and glass bottles at locals and attacked homes.

Israeli military jeeps arrived in the village and soldiers beat up several Palestinians, including Bilal al-Dmeiry and Khalid Bashir, Doughlas said.

Israeli forces fired tear gas and sound bombs at Palestinians who were protesting the settler raid, witnesses told Ma'an.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army used riot dispersal means to break up clashes between Israelis and Palestinians who were throwing rocks at each other.

She added that three Palestinians and an Israeli were injured in the clashes.
Maan News Agency