At least one Palestinian was killed and 12 were injured as armed Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday afternoon.
attract recruits. On Monday, a pre-dawn Israeli military raid in the city of Jenin devolved into an unusually fierce, eight-hour-long firefight that left seven Palestinians dead. For the first time since the early 2000s, Israel used combat helicopters to extricate its soldiers, who were pinned down by militant fire.
Israel’s new government is the most far-right in the country’s history, having risen to power by promising to tighten the occupation of the Palestinian territories and take a harder line on combating terrorism. Some cabinet officials, including Smotrich and, were detained by Israeli security forces in the past for their involvement with anti-Arab terrorist groups.
“You are a new force in the field that can change the equation and reach a state of zero terrorism!” said a message posted Wednesday in “Fighting for life,” a WhatsApp group that regularly calls on Israeli settlers to avenge Palestinian attacks. “It is possible, and it is in our hands!
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