[News] For fifth day, Israeli settlers block access to West Bank town amid rising violence

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 For fifth day, Israeli settlers block access to West Bank town amid rising
violence

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NABLUS, (PIC)

For the fifth consecutive day, Israeli settlers—under the protection of the
Israeli occupation forces (IOF)—have blockaded the main entrance to the
Palestinian town of Al-Luban al-Sharqiya, located south of Nablus in the
northern West Bank.

Dozens of settlers stormed the village’s entrance, performed Talmudic
rituals, and obstructed the movement of residents and vehicles in and out
of the town. The IOF reinforced the blockade by closing the main iron gate
leading to the town.

The settlers, emboldened by military protection, have issued threats to
demolish more than 20 Palestinian homes in the village, which lies along
the main highway connecting Nablus and Ramallah.

On Sunday evening, settlers used social media to incite further aggression,
calling for the destruction of infrastructure and homes. They announced
plans to gather every evening at 7:30 p.m. to perform rituals and blockade
the town until demolitions are carried out.

The settler incitement has also targeted the town’s educational
institutions, many of which are situated along the same highway.

This marks the seventh time in 12 days that settlers have sealed the
entrance to Al-Luban al-Sharqiya. These actions are part of a broader
campaign of settler violence across the West Bank, which has intensified
since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.

According to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, IOF
and settlers carried out 1,691 attacks against Palestinians and their
property in May alone—including 415 direct assaults by settlers. The
violence has included the theft of livestock, destruction of agricultural
land, and home invasions.

In tandem with the assault on Gaza, IOF and settlers have escalated their
campaign of repression in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem,
killing at least 974 Palestinians, injuring more than 7,000, and arresting
over 17,000 people, according to Palestinian sources.
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