SALFIT (Palestine Foundation Information Center)A group of Jewish settlers set fire to several Palestinian homes after storming the outskirts of the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the northern West Bank, on Thursday evening.
The settlers attacked the outskirts of the town and ignited fires in several homes, causing extensive material damage and widespread fires in the area.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its crews treated eight individuals with burn injuries as a result of settlers burning homes in Bruqin. All were treated on-site.
Video footage online showed fires erupting in multiple locations across Bruqin.
Israeli occupation forces re-stormed the town on Thursday evening, just a few hours after they had withdrawn. The army stormed the town with a large number of military vehicles, closed internal roads, raided several homes, and began searching them.
Earlier in the day, Israeli forces had withdrawn from the towns of Bruqin and the neighboring Kafr ad-Dik, after a nine-day military operation. The campaign included the assassination of a Palestinian youth, mass arrests, and the conversion of homes into military outposts, under the pretext of searching for the perpetrator of a shooting operation that resulted in the death of an Israeli settler and the injury of another.
The occupation army left behind widespread destruction in the homes it raided, in addition to devastating infrastructure and disrupting essential services, further exacerbating the suffering of residents and complicating their daily lives.
Last night, Israeli forces also raided the home of the family of martyr Nael Samara, who was assassinated by Israeli forces last Saturday during their incursion into Bruqin. They took measurements of the house in preparation for its demolition.
Last Saturday, the General Authority of Civil Affairs informed the Palestinian Ministry of Health of the martyrdom of Nael Sami Abdul Rahman Samara, 36, who was killed by Israeli gunfire in the town of Bruqin.
