Colonists Attack Beit Imrin Near Nablus, Set Two Vehicles On Fire

Colonists attacked Beit Imrin village, north of Nablus, on Monday night by setting fire to two vehicles and attempting to burn a house, according to local sources cited by WAFA Agency.

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WAFA said the attackers came from an illegal outpost established on the village lands and stormed the outskirts of the village.

WAFA reported that residents confronted the colonists and managed to prevent them from setting a house on fire.

The WAFA dispatch identifies the location as NABLUS and dates the incident to 21/April/2026, with the item stamped 21/April/2026 11:23 PM.

The same WAFA page frames the incident as part of a broader pattern of Israeli forces and colonists actions in the West Bank, listing related items such as “Israeli forces fire on funeral procession in Al-Mughayyir near Ramallah” and “Israeli colonists storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy police protection.”

WAFA’s account also specifies that the colonists “set two vehicles on fire” and “attempting to burn a house,” tying the violence directly to arson and attempted property destruction in Beit Imrin.

Le Monde describes a wider escalation in the occupied West Bank in which Israeli settlers, “protected by the army,” are “redoubling their violence,” while the article recounts a raid on Kafr Malik.

The Le Monde feature says that on Wednesday at Kafr Malik, the Israeli army killed three civilians after stone-throwing incidents, and it places the deaths during a raid of “unprecedented violence” by Jewish settlers against the village of Kafr Malik.

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Le Monde names the dead as Murshed Hamayel, 35, Mohamad Al-Naji, 21, and Lotfi Baerat, 18, and it says the killings occurred “on Wednesday, June 25.”

The article also describes Amir, 15, who was shot in the back and whose bullet “exited through his right shoulder, grazing his temple in passing,” while Le Monde says eight other Palestinian wounded were brought to the same facility before midnight.

Le Monde situates Kafr Malik geographically as “17 kilometers northeast of Ramallah, in the center of the occupied West Bank.”

It further says that on the same Wednesday, “the day of Moataz Hamayel's funeral,” Jewish assailants “very numerous — more than a hundred according to witnesses — reappeared,” and it links that reappearance to renewed terror in the village.

Within the narrative, Le Monde includes a direct account from Hamdi, 27, who said the attackers “began to set cars on fire and to attack our homes,” and he described trying to defend themselves with stones and their hands.

Le Monde’s account centers on testimonies from injured residents and the funeral context around Moataz Hamayel, while WAFA’s brief item provides a separate local description of residents confronting colonists in Beit Imrin.

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In Le Monde, Amir, 15, describes the settlers as “monsters” and says, “The settlers log on to WhatsApp before attacking; they are monsters. Because of them, two days earlier, one of my friends died,” as he lies in shock after the shooting.

The article also quotes Hamdi, 27, saying, “They arrived around 7:00–7:30 p.m., they began to set cars on fire and to attack our homes; we tried to defend ourselves with stones and our hands, what else could we do?”

Le Monde ties the timing of the renewed attack to the funeral day, stating it was “precisely this Wednesday, the day of Moataz Hamayel's funeral (a common name in the village), 13, who was also killed by an Israeli shot on June 23.”

WAFA, in contrast, reports that residents in Beit Imrin confronted the colonists and prevented them from setting a house on fire, describing the immediate defensive response to arson attempts.

WAFA’s item does not include named witnesses, but it does specify that the colonists stormed the outskirts and set two vehicles on fire, and it says residents managed to prevent the house from burning.

Taken together, the two accounts show how residents described both the physical violence—cars and vehicles set on fire—and the social rupture of funerals and repeated attacks in the same region.

The two sources frame the violence in distinct ways, with WAFA focusing on a specific arson incident in Beit Imrin and Le Monde placing the events within a broader pattern of settler violence.

WAFA describes the Beit Imrin attack as colonists storming the outskirts, setting two vehicles on fire, and attempting to burn a house, and it attributes the attackers’ origin to “an illegal outpost established on the village lands.”

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Le Monde, meanwhile, opens by characterizing the broader environment as settlers “protected by the army” who are “redoubling their violence,” and it narrates a raid at Kafr Malik that includes Israeli army gunfire after stone-throwing incidents.

In Le Monde’s account, the violence is tied to a sequence of attacks around June 23 and June 25, including the statement that Moataz Hamayel was “also killed by an Israeli shot on June 23,” and that the funeral day preceded the Wednesday reappearance.

Le Monde also emphasizes the scale of the attackers, saying “more than a hundred according to witnesses,” and it includes the detail that the Israeli army “opened fire.”

WAFA does not mention Israeli army gunfire in its Beit Imrin item; instead, it centers on arson and residents’ efforts to stop the burning of a house.

Even where both accounts mention vehicles being set on fire, Le Monde uses the phrasing “set cars on fire,” while WAFA says “set two vehicles on fire,” reflecting different levels of detail and different incident scopes.

While the WAFA item ends with the immediate description of arson and residents preventing a house fire, Le Monde’s narrative points to continuing danger through the recurrence of attacks tied to funerals and the reappearance of large groups of assailants.

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Le Monde says that on the Wednesday of Moataz Hamayel’s funeral, Jewish assailants “very numerous — more than a hundred according to witnesses — reappeared,” and it describes how they “began to set cars on fire and to attack our homes.”

The article also shows the immediate medical consequences by describing Amir’s injury and the arrival of “Eight other Palestinian wounded” before midnight, indicating ongoing harm beyond the initial raid.

Le Monde’s account further underscores the human toll by describing “three lifeless bodies” carried out of ambulances and wrapped in the Palestinian flag, after the Israeli army killed three civilians.

WAFA’s Beit Imrin report, dated 21/April/2026, similarly emphasizes the threat of escalation from vehicle arson to attempted house burning, stating that colonists were “attempting to burn a house” before residents intervened.

Both sources therefore depict a cycle in which attacks target property and people, with vehicles set on fire and residents forced to defend homes or face injuries and deaths.

The Le Monde feature also frames the attackers’ behavior as coordinated or patterned, quoting Amir that “The settlers log on to WhatsApp before attacking,” which suggests to the witness that the violence is not random.