Overview
- Dozens of masked settlers torched trucks and ransacked sites in Beit Lid near Tulkarm, injuring four Palestinians, according to video evidence and an IDF statement.
- The IDF and police said they dispersed the attackers, detained several Israeli suspects and reported assaults on soldiers and damage to a military vehicle during the operation.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar denounced the violence and urged decisive law‑enforcement action, as an IDF commander labeled the perpetrators “anarchist fringe youth.”
- Human rights advocates report longstanding impunity, saying only about one in 20 investigations lead to charges, and local media say most detainees from the Beit Lid case were quickly released.
- The UN recorded at least 264 settler attacks in October, the highest monthly tally since 2006, as violence during the harvest season further depresses Palestinian olive income.