More than 100 Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank village of Jalud, south of Nablus, setting fire to two homes belonging to the al‑Tubasi family and launching a large-scale attack on the Israeli army escort that had arrived after a High Court ruling.
The homes, which had been seized weeks earlier by settlers, were shattered by the bombing: windows were smashed, tiles ripped from walls, electrical fittings torn out and a toilet left covered in refuse. The family—Mahmoud al‑Tubasi, 60, his wife Aida, 51, and their son Wael, 33—had been allowed to return under a court order but were blocked by the attackers when they reached the property.
Mahmoud clutched a torch to show the army the damage; the video shared with the BBC showed the scales of devastation. When settlers confronted the family, stones were thrown; Israeli troops fired tear gas, but the sheer number of attackers—estimated at more than 150—overwhelmed the forces.
The Israeli Defense Forces said the ‘rioters’ blocked roads, set tyres on fire and caused widespread damage, but they reported no successful prosecutions. Three police officers were lightly injured and a security vehicle was damaged.
The incident underscores the long‑standing pattern of settler attacks in the West Bank. Human‑rights groups note that fewer than three per cent of investigations into settler violence result in convictions, suggesting a systemic failure to hold perpetrators accountable.
