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Palestinian Foreign Ministry Condemns Armed Settler Attack on Hawara, Injuring Nine South of Nablus
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Nine Palestinians injured in Hawara by armed settlers protected by Israeli forces. Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns the attack as terrorist.
Hawara Attack Condemned
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned a terrorist attack by armed settler gangs on Hawara, south of Nablus, saying it left nine people injured and included assaults on citizens and their properties. The ministry said in a statement released by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) that the attack “falls within an official Israeli policy that gives settler gangs a free hand to practice organized terrorism against the Palestinian people.”
It added that the escalation reflects a shift in organized crimes carried out under the protection of the occupying army, and it called for international sanctions and a boycott of the settlement system. In parallel, WAFA reported that the same ministry said the attack involved assaults on the municipal building and several homes, destruction of vehicles, theft of property and livestock, the siege of a citizen inside a livestock barn, and the opening of fire toward residents.
Injuries, Theft, and Clashes
Anadolu Ajansı reported that nine Palestinians were wounded on Saturday during an attack by dozens of Israeli settlers on Hawara, north of the West Bank city of Nablus, and it described gunfire and attacks on homes and properties. The report said the attackers stole a car and a bicycle and seized about 35 head of sheep, while clashes in the town included gunfire and damage to vehicles.
WAFA said the ministry described the assault as creating a climate of fear and intimidation aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, and it said official Israeli protection, immunity, and impunity for perpetrators were key factors behind the continuation and escalation. Anadolu Ajansı also cited the Hawara Emergency Center (governmental) saying the attack left 9 Palestinians injured, and it reported that among the injured was a Hawara Municipality member injured by shrapnel from live ammunition in the foot, with four others injured due to tear gas asphyxiation.
Calls for Sanctions and Boycott
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called for activating international sanctions as a tool to end impunity and achieve justice, including a comprehensive boycott of the colonial system and all institutions, associations, and companies that engage with it. WAFA said the ministry urged implementation of international law by banning settlement products from entering global markets, imposing sanctions on symbols and perpetrators of colonialism, activating universal jurisdiction, and pressuring the occupying government that sponsors the crimes.
In a separate account, the PCF website said that after a deadly attack on two settlers serving in the Israeli army in the West Bank, Jewish extremists launched a punitive expedition named “the price to pay” in the Palestinian village of Huwara. The PCF website also argued that it was “urgent that the international community send a protection force for the Palestinian people,” and it listed calls including “Prohibition of products from Israeli settlements” and “Suspension of bilateral military and security agreements between France and Israel.”