Israeli MK: “A closed, burnt Huwara, that’s what I want to see”

Nablus (QNN)- Member of Israeli Knesset for Otzma Yehudit party Zvika Fogel backed on Monday Israeli settlers’ Sunday rampage through towns in the occupied West Bank, saying Huwwara “is closed and burnt. That is what I want to see.”

In an interview on Radio Galey Israel earlier on Monday morning, Fogel said, “Yesterday a terrorist came from Huwara – Huwara is closed and burnt. That is what I want to see. Only thus can we obtain deterrence.”

“The act that the residents of Judea and Samaria carried out yesterday is the strongest deterrent that the State of Israel has had since Operation Defensive Shield. After a murder like yesterday, villages should burn when the IDF does not act,” Fogel added.

The Israeli MK made similar comments in interviews on other radio stations, including Army Radio.

On Sunday evening, southern areas of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus were under Israeli settlers’ attacks, including towns of Huwwara, Burin, and Asira al-Qabaliyya.

Israeli settlers rampaged through the towns in the area in revenge attacks after two Israeli settlers were killed, burning and attacking Palestinian houses and properties for hours.

At least one Palestinian was killed and about 400 wounded in the attacks, Palestinian health officials said.

Sameh Hamdullah Aktech, 37, was shot dead in Za’tara town near Nablus. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its staff treated someone for stabbing wounds and at least two others suffered head injuries.

Houses, shops, vehicles and agricultural land were set ablaze by settlers who roamed the streets of several Palestinian towns, mainly near Nablus.

The PRCS said at least 35 homes were completely burned down and 40 others were partially damaged. More than 100 cars were burnt or destroyed, it added.

On Sunday, the settlers committed about 300 violations against Palestinians and their properties in towns of Huwwara, Burin, and Asira al-Qabaliyya, Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, noted on Monday.

The shooting operation which took place on Sunday afternoon and resulted in the killing of the two settlers in Huwwara town was carried out by a Palestinian man in response to Israel’s last week bloody massacre in Nablus where Israeli occupation forces killed 11 Palestinians in a deadly raid.