West Bank Settlers Set Fire to Trucks Mistaken for Gaza Aid Shipments

Israeli activists seeking to starve Gazans burned a second such truck in as many nights while also attacking Israeli soldiers

In the second such incident in two days, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked and burned a truck in the occupied West Bank and assaulted its Israeli driver, mistakenly believing the truck was delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on 17 May.

When Israeli soldiers intervened, the settlers also attacked them, lightly injuring three, including two officers.

Israeli settlers are trying to block humanitarian aid transported by land from Jordan to Gaza, where many Palestinians are starving under Israel’s blockade.

At the beginning of the war, Israel announced it would prevent food and water from entering Gaza while attacking humanitarian convoys and killing aid workers and police accompanying them. However, in recent weeks, the Israeli army has allowed more aid into Gaza in response to international outrage over its use of starvation as a weapon.

But Israeli activists have continued to try to block any aid from entering the strip.

In a statement, the army said the settlers attacked the Israeli driver of the truck at a junction outside the Kochav Hashahar settlement, northeast of Ramallah, before lighting the truck on fire. Soldiers provided medical treatment to the Israeli driver while working to fend off the mob. The army said the extremists responded with violence toward the soldiers.

In a separate incident, dozens of rioting settlers protesting aid to Gaza hurled rocks at Palestinian cars at the Tapuah Junction south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli police responded with tear gas and stun grenades.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

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