At least six Palestinians were injured during a settler attack in the village of Tuba, located in the South Hebron Hills, Palestinian media reported. The victims include a mother, three girls aged between five and eight, a 10-year-old boy, and a 22-year-old man. According to residents, settlers stormed multiple homes, damaged six buildings, destroyed solar panels, and set fires to bales of hay and surrounding vegetation.
Radwan Abu Jundi, a local resident, described how family members had to hide inside their home while settlers threw stones at them. He said the attackers broke into the house, prompting the family to move the women and children to an inner room for protection. Abu Jundi indicated that his wife sustained injuries to her head and body, and his daughter was taken for medical treatment.
Witnesses said the assailants operated in a coordinated manner, arriving in vehicles and later retreating toward the nearby Havat Ma’on outpost. Graffiti was reportedly left throughout the village, though specific messages were not detailed by local residents in relation to this incident.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the suspects had fled before security forces arrived and that police were gathering evidence for an ongoing investigation. The IDF condemned the attack, emphasizing that harming residents, including women and children, is unacceptable.
This incident follows similar overnight attacks earlier this week, during which settlers set fire to vehicles and property in the West Bank villages of Talfit and Jalud near Nablus, Palestinian sources reported. In one village, footage showed graffiti bearing messages such as "Revenge" and "Avi, go home," apparently referencing the head of the IDF’s Central Command amid tensions following a reversed decision to dismiss him by Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Separately, Israeli police arrested two settlers on Sunday on suspicion of involvement in arson at mosques in the West Bank. Settlers had reportedly set fire to two mosques, with one attack accompanied by graffiti declaring "Jews blood is not cheap" on a wall of a mosque in Kur.
Additional settler violence has been reported in recent days, including fires set to vehicles and agricultural land in Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah, as well as hate graffiti and arson on farmland in Beit Furik, east of Nablus. Police have indicated that these attacks are under investigation and said they arrested two settlers last week suspected of involvement in multiple arson attacks and graffiti incidents.
