Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages in the West Bank, setting fire to vehicles and injuring several residents.

Israeli settlers, protected by Israeli troops, set fire to vehicles and property, while also injuring several Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Wafa news agency quoted Jalal al-Bashir, chairman of the Jinasfut village committee, as saying on Monday evening that the attacks took place in the villages of Jinasfut and Funduk, east of Qalqilya.

He added that dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Jinasfoot and set fire to three houses, a nursery and a workshop. Settlers also burned several cars owned by Palestinian residents.

A Palestinian was injured in the head while trying to protect his home. Several others were being treated after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers.

In the southern West Bank, Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinian homes in the Massa Fiyata area. Dozens of settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles with rocks south of Hebron, damaging several of them.

Yesh Din, which monitors human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, shared video footage showing Palestinian-owned vehicles and a building set on fire in an earlier settler attack.

#ceasefire? Not in the West Bank
Dozens of settlers are attacking Palestinian villages in the West Bank tonight.
In the village of Sinjil, settlers set fire to two houses and at least four cars.
In the village of Ainsinia, settlers attacked and set fire to houses.
exist… pic.twitter.com/nZ24wiEK5B

— Yesh Din English (@Yesh_Din) January 19, 2025

The group said settlers set fire to two Palestinian houses and burned at least four cars in the village of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah. In the village of Ainsiniya, north of Ramallah, settlers attacked and set fire to houses. The report added that settlers attacked and damaged Palestinian-owned properties in Turmus Aya, northeast of Ramallah, and threw stones at vehicles on Route 60 near al-Lubban Asharqiya, south of Nablus. piece.

The attacks by Israeli settlers came as U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday lifting U.S. sanctions on the occupied West Bank. The Biden administration describes it as “ “Extremist Settlement Movement.”

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Palestine (OHCHR) also expressed alarm at a “new wave of violence” by Israeli settlers and armed forces in the occupied West Bank.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement that “the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is alarmed by renewed violence between settlers and Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank just as the Gaza ceasefire agreement is being implemented.”

.@OHCHR_Palestine Alarmed by renewed wave of violence by settlers and Israeli security forces in occupied areas #westshorebankThis coincided with the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and detainees. This comes with…

— United Nations High Commissioner for Palestinian Human Rights (@OHCHR_Palestine) January 20, 2025

OHCHR also said the violence was accompanied by tightened restrictions on Palestinians’ freedom of movement, including closing checkpoints and installing new gates, resulting in entire communities being locked inside.

Highlighting a number of recent settler attacks on Palestinian villages, as well as an attack by Israeli forces on several West Bank towns on Monday that left a Palestinian teenager dead, the OHCHR also said it was concerned about Israel’s expansion of Concerned about plans to increase operations in the Palestinian territories.