Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank

Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians Israeli troops forced two Palestinian families to leave their besieged West Bank homes on Thursday, the day after a top Israeli commander personally promised he would end a violent settler campaign to drive them

Israeli forces evicted Palestinian families and imposed a military zone in Qusra as troops moved to dismantle an illegal settler outpost after days of terror.

Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.

Israeli troops have taken up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, the mayor said, after settlers trapped families in their houses.

Israel deploys troops to remove Israeli settlers trapping Palestinian families The Israeli army says it has dismantled "two illegal outposts" on the outskirts of the Qusra and Jalud areas in the occupied West Bank, which Israeli settlers were using to trap two Palestinian families inside their homes. It sadded th

Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Settlers at Qusra near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a U

Israeli Settlers Move Back to Northern West Bank Settlement Evacuated in 2005 - Israel Security  Haaretz

Israeli settlers have blocked the homes of three Palestinian families in Qusra, cutting them off from food and supplies.

Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday.

Residents said they were left without food and medicine, while the military condemned the settlers’ actions.

QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 12 - Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Security establishment figures showed a sharp rise in West Bank nationalist crime, alongside more Palestinian casualties and attacks on security personnel.