Israeli settlers burn Palestinian house in West Bank
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian house in the West Bank, the latest attack on Palestinian properties, according to a local official.
“The entire house was destroyed in the fire,” Ghassan Daghlas, who is in charge of monitoring settlement building in the northern West Bank, told journalists.
He said no one was hurt in the fire as the house, located southeast of Nablus city, was empty at the time of the blaze.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry held the Israeli government solely responsible for the attack.
“These crimes reflect the extremist racist colonial mentality of inflaming the conflict that does not hesitate to commit the worst crimes against Palestinian civilians,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to UN figures, Israeli settlers have carried out 314 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank since the start of this year.
Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank in recent months amid repeated Israeli raids into Palestinian towns.
According to Palestinian figures, more than 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of this year.
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