


Israeli settler extremists set fire to several homes in the West Bank Palestinian village of Kisan on Friday night, according to Palestinian media and the Israel Defense Forces.
The IDF said troops were dispatched to the scene upon receiving reports of the arson, and several suspects were detained and handed over to police.
No injuries were reported in the attack.
According to Palestinian media, six homes were set ablaze, and several residents fled their homes during the attack.
The reports said the attackers came from a nearby hilltop outpost that had recently been erected.
Friday night’s arson attack was the latest in a string of settler attacks on Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank, with multiple violent incidents reported throughout the West Bank over the past week.
On Tuesday, a group of settler extremists allegedly torched several cars in the West Bank village of Beitin, near Ramallah.
Images from the site of the arson attack showed graffiti with the word “revenge” sprayed in Hebrew.
On Thursday, settlers reportedly attacked a home in the village of Shaab al-Butum, in the South Hebron Hills, injuring a Palestinian woman.
Footage shared on social media showed damage inside the home and smashed solar panels outside.
Additionally, videos posted to social media on Friday showed soldiers accompanying settlers as they allegedly stole livestock from Palestinians in the southern West Bank area of Masafer Yatta.
The footage could not be immediately verified. The IDF did not immediately comment.
In one video, three settlers can be seen entering a barn, followed by three armed soldiers, two of them masked. A loud bang, followed by screaming, is heard as the six disappear from view. The soldiers and settlers then go back outside, with each of the settlers dragging a goat behind him.
In a second video, three soldiers — again, two masked and one unmasked — can be seen jostling two people, including a man whom the unmasked soldier briefly puts in a chokehold, as other Palestinians look on. The camera then cuts to a car surrounded by at least six soldiers. Three settlers can be seen pushing the three goats into the car.
In the final scene, a settler flashes a victory sign to the camera as he drives past with a goat in the passenger’s seat and two other goats in the backseat. A soldier looks on as the car goes by.
Violence in the West Bank has spiked since the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 950 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or terrorists carrying out attacks.
The military says troops have arrested some 6,000 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas, since the October 7 onslaught.
During the same period, 53 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.