Overview
- Dozens of masked settlers torched vehicles, farmland and the Al-Juneidi dairy factory near Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, with four Palestinians injured, according to the IDF and residents.
- Security forces initially detained several Israelis, but police said three were released and one minor remains held on suspicion of arson and assault as investigations continue.
- The IDF reported that settlers also attacked responding soldiers and damaged a military vehicle, and commanders instructed troops to act against what they termed nationalist crime.
- President Isaac Herzog condemned the violence as “shocking and serious,” and Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth denounced an “anarchist fringe” and called for a firm response across state agencies.
- UN data show more than 260 settler-related incidents in October, and separate reports allege emergency crews were impeded and that soldiers escorted settlers in another olive-grove incident.