Israeli settlers prevent the return of the Palestinian family

The incidents occurred on Monday night in the village of Jalud, in the north of the occupied West Bank, when the settlers tried to prevent the return of a Palestinian family home.

The settlers blocked roads and stoned the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Border Guard who tried to “disperse mutineers and protect residents of the locality,” said the military spokesman in a statement.

“ The operation took place while coordinating the return of a Palestinian family to their home in the village,” said the spokesman, quoted by the Spanish agency EP.

The family had been forced to abandon housing after having been the victim of “several incidents of violence of a nationalist nature”.

“ Due to violence, it was not possible to complete the mission of returning them to their home,” the Israeli army said.

“In the village more than 100 riotous Israelis gathered, who blocked roads, burned tires and threw stones against security forces,” the army needed.

The settlers “fired Palestinian buildings in the area, as well as vehicles and other properties,” he said.

Without mentioning any balance of Palestinian victims, the military spokesman said three members of the Border Guard “have suffered minor injuries and a vehicle from the security forces has been damaged.”.

He also said that the troops dispersed the crowd and detained two suspects, who were taken to a police station for questioning, and an investigation was opened.

“ The security sector strongly condemns any aggression against security personnel in the performance of functions, as well as acts of vandalism and damage to property,” said the military spokesman.

He added that “incidents of this kind divert attention, undermine stability and undermine the defense and counterterrorism activities of security forces”.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the attacks continued during the early hours of today, and included the fire of two homes of the same family.

The family left their residence in July, after months of harassment and repeated attacks, according to WAFA.

Hours before the attack, the Israeli authorities had allowed the family to return after nearly two months of forced displacement, in compliance with a decision of the Supreme Court of Israel authorising them to recover their residence.

The owner of the affected housing, Mahmud al Tubasi, told WAFA that the family tried to return when it was confronted with the magnitude of the destruction of the house, which he said was uninhabitable.

Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar condemned the incidents, which he described as “serious and abominable.”.

Ssar pointed out in a message on social networks that riots in Jalud “included burning of properties and injuries in Border Guard agents”.

He said these were acts committed by “criminals who must be prosecuted with all the weight of the law”.

“ An investigation was opened, and I urge the researchers in the District of Judea and Samaria and the forensic unit to conduct a thorough and complete inquiry to bring the mutineers to justice,” he said.

Judea and Samaria is the Biblical name of the West Bank that the authorities of Israel use to refer to this territory of Palestine.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog also argued that events in Jalud, which he considered “serious violence”, assume “an atrocious act that must be punished with all the weight of the law.”.

Herzog argued that the authorities “should act firmly against offenders and ensure that they face the full weight of the law.”.