Smotrich calls for doing in West Bank 'what we did in Gaza'
Smotrich calls for doing in West Bank 'what we did in Gaza' Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called on Israel to “go to war” in the West Bank and “do what we did in Gaza.” “I certainly have solutions” to the situation in the West Bank, he told a podcast on Ynet outlet. “I think we need to go to war in Judea and Samaria, to do there what we did in Gaza, to dismantle the Palestinian…
Israeli settlers, supported by Israeli forces, targeted the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, smashing vehicles and hurling rocks at Palestinian residents, according to video footage shared by Palestinian rights activist Ihab Hassan on X. The masked settlers carried out the assault on Saturday evening, with Israeli border police present and complicit.
The attackers also broke into an ambulance, stealing medical equipment, and looted a sheep farm outside the village, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. During the raid, Israeli forces entered a house in the village's western section, searching the premises and mishandling its contents. The military also deployed tear gas grenades in the vicinity, though no injuries were reported.
Palestinian village leaders alleged that Israeli forces detained several residents, including women and children, at the village's western entrance, mistreating them before releasing them.
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