Israeli settlers and soldiers launched a series of revenge attacks against the Palestinians in different areas of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday evening, after four Israeli settlers were shot dead earlier in the day. 

Hawara – the northern West Bank town which suffered a settler pogrom earlier this year –  was again attacked. Settlers attacked Palestinian homes on the outskirts of town, south of Nablus, and set another vehicle on fire at the site.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation in the Nablus Governorate. Part of an ambulance crew was also targeted by tear gas from the occupation army.

One minor was injured as a result of being assaulted by a settler, near the entrance to the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, while another was injured from a fall after being chased by the Israeli forces near Azmut junction.

Settlers also vandalized Palestinian vehicles near Ramallah and the Jordan Valley, as well as throwing stones at vehicles at cars on Al-Maarajat Road, located west in the Jericho Governorate.

Local sources reported that a number of settlers gathered in several areas around the governorate, namely: Ain Ayoub near the village of Ras Karkar to the west, the intersection of the town of Al-Taybeh and the entrance to the village of Kafr Malik to the east, and the entrance to the town of Turmusaya to the north, and attacked Palestinian vehicles with stones, without any injuries or material damage reported.

Israeli occupation forces also imposed further restrictions on freedom of movement for Palestinians, tightening measures at the Hamra military checkpoint in the Jordan Valley,  while also setting up a temporary military checkpoint at the southern entrance to the town of Al-Khader in the Bethlehem Governorate and another checkpoint in the town of Janata in the east. They also closed the main and only entrance to the village of Marah Rabah, south of the governorate, and prevented entry or exit from the village.