Israeli settlers and hilltop youth set fire to cars, wheat fields and homes belonging to Palestinians in the West Bank town of Turmus Aiya on Wednesday, in what is suspected to be an organized ‘price tag’ attack following the funeral of Nahman Shmuel, murdered in the Eli terrorist attack on Monday.
Some 30 homes and over 60 vehicles have been destroyed as part of the attack, Palestinian and Israeli media reported. According to a report by Army Radio citing defense officials, some 200 Israelis entered the West Bank town in an organized attempt to torch it in response to the deadly Eli attack.
Twelve Palestinians were injured with gun wounds, the local mayor was cited by foreign media as saying. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that three suffering from gun wounds independently arrived at a Ramallah medical center for treatment. At least two of the injured Palestinians were confirmed by United Haztalah to be injured by police fire. They were given treatment by Red Crescent paramedics.
Violent altercations erupted between Palestinians and the masked Israelis in the town, near Ramallah, as rocks were thrown at Israeli forces.
شاهد | أهالي ترمسعيا يتصدون للمستوطنين وقوات الاحتلال بعد حرقهم عددًا من المركبات. pic.twitter.com/2zuMg2eZtR
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Palestinian terror organization Hamas warned on Wednesday that the ‘price tag’ attacks on Turmus Aiya “will not intimidate our heroic Palestinian people and will be met with more steadfastness and resistance.”
Another convoy of settlers was seen preparing to enter the Palestinian town of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, in footage captured and shared on social media Wednesday.
פלסטינים יצאו באזהרה חמורה: שיירה של מתנחלים מתארגנים למעשי פוגרום ליד הכניסה לכפר סינג’ל, מצפון מזרח לראמללה, וכוונתם לתקוף פלסטינים ורכושם@IDF @yoavgallant pic.twitter.com/dOkGSkIFDI
— Yasser Okbi (@OkbiYasser) June 21, 2023
Price tag attacks on the rise following terror in Eli
On Tuesday night, dozens of Israelis gathered at the entrance to Bet Purik in an attempt to enter the village. IDF troops arrived on the scene to disperse the crowd and used protest dispersal methods like shooting in the air, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
Photos from Bet Purik cars completely destroyed as well as at least one shop in which the glass front was smashed. Three people were reportedly arrested in relation to the attack on Bet Purik.
The vandalism was carried out as revenge for a terror attack in Eli on Tuesday in which two terrorists murdered four Israelis in two different locations.
Similar revenge acts were carried out in February after a terror attack in Huwara. On this occasion, over 30 homes and dozens of cars were burned in riots in the town with one Palestinian man being killed.
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