Overview
- Dozens of masked settlers attacked Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, torching trucks, damaging the Al-Juneidi dairy and Bedouin tents, with four Palestinians injured.
- The IDF said the mob later assaulted soldiers near the Baron Industrial Zone and damaged a military vehicle.
- Police arrested four Israeli suspects; three were released, while a minor remains in custody for six days on suspicion of arson and assault.
- President Isaac Herzog, IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Central Command’s Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth condemned the violence and pledged stronger action.
- The attack highlighted a broader escalation, with the UN reporting at least 264 settler incidents in October 2025 and rights group Yesh Din noting most cases close without indictments.