Illegal Israeli settlers burned a Palestinian vehicle on Tuesday during an attack on the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
The settlers attacked the village at dawn and set fire to a vehicle belonging to a Palestinian, completely destroying it, Al-Bidar Human Rights Organisation said in a statement.
The group said the settlers also attempted to attack several homes and vehicles in the village before residents confronted them and forced them to withdraw.
Al-Bidar said that targeting civilian property and burning vehicles is a direct attack on Palestinians and their property, threatening security and stability in the area as well as increasing tensions in the West Bank,
The occupied West Bank has seen an escalation in settler attacks on Palestinian villages, including the burning of property and assaults on residents, particularly in areas near illegal settlements and settlement outposts.
About 750,000 Israeli settlers live in 141 settlements and 224 settlement outposts in the West Bank, including 250,000 in 15 settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. They carry out daily attacks against Palestinians aimed at forcibly displacing them.
The attacks also include vandalising and demolishing facilities and homes, burning and bulldozing farmland, and preventing farmers from reaching their land.
In May, the Israeli army carried out 1,108 attacks against Palestinians and their property, while settlers carried out 551 attacks, according to the Palestinian government's Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, the Israeli army and settlers have killed at least 1,169 Palestinians, wounded 12,666 others, arrested about 23,000, and displaced 33,000 in the West Bank, according to official Palestinian figures.
