Israeli Settlers Torch Cars in West Bank Village, Raid Truck Carrying Aid for Gaza
Dozens of settlers entered the Palestinian village of Yatma, south of Nablus, and set tires and cars on fire on Sunday, before proceeding to the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank, two security sources said.
Earlier Sunday, dozens of Israelis gathered at the Tapuah and Yatma junctions and threw stones at Palestinians, the security sources added. Several of them, including children, blocked a road in the area.
Traffic between Tapuah and the West Bank settlement of Eviatar, meanwhile, was blocked in both directions. Dozens of other Israelis simultaneously gathered in the area around Eviatar, stopping a Palestinian truck and damaging the equipment it was carrying. The rioters claimed that the truck was delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Security sources said Border Police dispersed the rioters and arrested four in all the incidents. Earlier, activists against the transfer of aid to the Gaza Strip took goods out of trucks in the Lakish Junction area and destroyed the contents.
On Friday, settlers attacked a truck driver near the settlement of Kochav Hashar in the central West Bank, believing that he was delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. Later, reservists who were called to the scene and tried to treat the driver were beaten by the rioters, according to a security source. The driver was moderately injured, and two officers and a soldier were slightly injured. There were no arrests in the incident.
