Jewish settlers attacked Burin High School in the northern West Bank district of Nablus on Thursday.
Nablus: Israeli soldiers and settlers attack high school https://t.co/QJmmUllzA8 pic.twitter.com/N4LYM2plKV
— Ali Hussein (@Alihussein_2) December 28, 2017
Israeli soldiers, provided protection to the settlers who came from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar.
The soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians, causing several cases of suffocation from gas inhalation and rubber bullet injuries.
This is a Palestinian shepherd, Ma'mun Nasar from Madama village, S_Nablus, He was attacked by Israeli Jews from illegal Yitzhar settlement. pic.twitter.com/LBzooKyBDV
— Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) May 29, 2017
Omran said the students were sitting for their mid-term exams when some 15 settlers attacked the school.
The school was forced to postpone the exams and evacuate the students as the facility was saturated with tear gas.
Israeli soldiers and settlers attack, open fire at Palestinian students from Burin HighSchool in #Nablus as they were heading to their homes pic.twitter.com/bpaRL0C5v2
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 16, 2017
Settlers from Yitzhar have the reputation for being particularly confrontational and have been arrested themselves for launching attacks on Israeli soldiers in the past.
3 Israelis from notorious Yitzhar settlement arrested after attacking soldiers https://t.co/l1lleoGb4U pic.twitter.com/B8LrWjjRck
— Ma'an News Agency (@MaanNewsAgency) June 26, 2017
Palestinian residents have also come under fire and have been assaulted while working their fields.
Fanatic Jewish settlers of the illegal West Bank settlement of Yitzhar torched on Monday Palestinian agricultural… https://t.co/9b6i7ASYBO
— Team Palestina (@TeamPalestina) May 22, 2017
Yitzhar settlers been known for carrying out campaigns of intimidation, cutting down and setting fire to Palestinian olive groves in the area.
Assailants destroy 45 olive trees and spray paint 'revenge' on Palestinian land near illegal Yitzhar settlement https://t.co/khkq5pPniH pic.twitter.com/vy1FRJ79JV
— Ma'an News Agency (@MaanNewsAgency) June 25, 2017
According the Haaretz, in spite of terrorizing Palestinians in the area, Yitzhar settlers have received monetary support from US President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, whose donations to settlements include small sum to a radical yeshiva in Yitzhar that has served as a base for violent attacks against Palestinian villages and Israeli security forces.
Kushner Foundation Donated to West Bank Settlement Projectshttps://t.co/eRPeeC7p9w
"radical yeshiva in Yitzhar a base for violent attacks" pic.twitter.com/WcXDfIseiK— Tibor Gyula Balogh (@tibor_g_balogh) April 20, 2017
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