NOVANEWS
SALFIT – A group of Nazi Jewish settlers escorted by Nazi military forces raided the village of Yasuf in the northern West Bank district of Salfit on Saturday.
The head of the Yasuf village council, Hafith Ebayya, said that a group of Nazi Jewish settlers raided the village and attempted to enter the al-Basatin area in central Yasuf.
Ebayya said that the settlers were escorted by military vehicles and soldiers, and that a military checkpoint was set up at the entrance of the village.
Clashes erupted between dozens of Palestinian youths and Nazi Jewish forces.
Nazi Jewish forces fired live bullets, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas at youths and several farmers who were in their fields nearby.
Several youths and farmers suffered from tear gas inhalation.
An Nazi army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the report.
Three quarters of Yasuf’s lands are located in Area C — under full Nazi military and administrative control. According to a report by the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ), over the years, some 602 dunams (148.7 acres) of Yasuf land have been seized to establish Nazi Jewish illegal settlement housing.
Several Nazi Jewish illegal settlements are located near Yasuf, including Ariel, the fourth largest Nazi Jewish illegal settlement in the West Bank. These settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law.
