RAMALLAH – Exclusive to "Al-Quds" – Settlers, yesterday morning, set fire to two vehicles in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, and spray-painted racist slogans and revenge threats on the walls of homes and facilities in the village, according to local sources confirmed to "Al-Quds".
Marwan Sabah, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, stated in an exclusive statement to "Al-Quds": that groups of settlers infiltrated the center of the village in the early morning hours, and set fire to his vehicle and his brother Muhammad Sabah's vehicle, before spray-painting revenge threats on a number of the village's house walls.
The head of the council described the attack as "the most dangerous against the village and its residents" since the establishment of the neighboring outpost in the Jabal al-Ras area, noting that the attack reflects a dangerous escalation in settler attacks on the village and targeting its properties and residents.
Sources in Umm Safa stated that a force from the Israeli army and border guards arrived at the village after the attack and requested surveillance camera recordings in the area. The sources accused the army of attempting to seize the recordings before the arrival of the Israeli police, considering that this could lead to the obliteration of evidence related to the attack.
The residents of Umm Safa, numbering about 700 people, live under continuous pressure due to settler attacks on their lands, crops, and homes, in addition to repeated attacks on citizens. The occupation authorities also continue to close the village entrances with iron gates and earth mounds for more than three years, forcing residents to take a long bypass road through Ajoul and Rawabi to reach their workplaces, schools, and daily errands.
Umm Safa witnessed violent clashes after occupation army forces stormed the village, conducted field investigations, detained a number of young men, and engaged in provocative actions against the residents that lasted for several hours.
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Settlers burn two vehicles and spray-paint threatening slogans in Umm Safa