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(566 posts)Settler violence spiking in the West Bank as country focuses on Gaza - NGOs, activists
According to the NGO Yesh Din, settlers have attacked Palestinians in more than 100 incidents in at least 62 towns and villages in the West Bank under cover of the war from Oct. 7-22.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-771247
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In addition, Btselem said at least 13 Palestinian communities have been self-displacedaccording to the data they presented a Palestinian community has been self-displaced almost every day since the outbreak of the war due to threats from the settlers.
The frequency (of the attacks) has increased. In Masafer Yatta and the Jordan Valley people are used to violence from both settlers and soldiers, it has been going on for years, but now it is multiple times a day and in multiple villages, said a 28-year-old Israeli veteran activist who asked not to be identified out of concern for his safety. And these days it always come with a threat: if you dont leave within 24 hours we will kill you
and it is working.