Israeli settler attack on West Bank village draws criticism from Netanyahu

AFP29 Aug, 2026 08:05 PM3 mins to readIsraeli soldiers arrive in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which has faced escalating Israeli settler violence over the past month. Photo / AFPDozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday after nearly three weeks of tension in the area, drawing rare condemnation from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Earlier in August a group of settlers began blocking supplies from entering Palestinian houses