Settlers attack Palestinian property, steal sheep near Nablus

Israeli forces attack Palestinians who were defending themselves from illegal settlers invading Palestine villages in Nablus, West Bank on 27 February 2020 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency}

Israeli settlers this morning attacked the homes of Palestinian citizens in the town of Jaloud, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

Footage showed the effects of destruction due to the settler attack.

Settlers also assaulted farmer Zahi Bani Mina and his sons in the Al-Afjam area east of Aqraba town in Nablus and stole more than 50 heads of sheep.

Palestinian towns in the West Bank have recently been exposed to escalated attacks by Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, including attacking the homes of citizens, shooting at people, attacking their property and bulldozing their lands to make way for the expansion of illegal settlements.

READ: Israeli settlers attack shepherds, homes south of Hebron

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