A senior Israeli Armed Forces officer condemned the violent behavior of Jewish settlers and the “unacceptable incidents” involving soldiers this week on the occupied West Bank.

Head of the central military area, during a visit to Israeli police officers on the occupied West Bank, Lieutenant General Avi Blunt visited a advanced position in the Jewish settlement of Givat Habaladim and referred to a “series of unusual events”.

After going to a point after a complaint about disturbing the common quiet, the police were confronted with citizens (Israeli settlers) who threw stones at them, and also set fire to a patrol.

Lieutenant General Blunt pointed out that “excellent events should be treated with the necessary rigor”, judging that the citizens involved in the episodes exceeded a “red line”.

Israeli police announced that it had arrested 17 people on Wednesday who were involved in “violent riots”.

International human rights defense organizations often accuse Israeli armed forces of providing coverage and protection to extremist settlers on the West Bank. The UN, for its part, speaks of an atmosphere of absolute “impunity” of the settlers.

Condemnation of the army’s behavior and behavior

The senior officer was also expressed for the incidents in the Palestinian refugee Camp Dahisha, near Bethlehem, where repeated army raids took place in recent weeks.

“The behavior of our reserves (…) was not what is appropriate,” he said, referring to a business held on Wednesday.

“Vandalism and graffiti during a business during a business are, in our opinion, unacceptable events,” he insisted.

Visual material that made the round of social networking sites shows vandalism apartments and walls on which nationalist slogans have been written in Hebrew.

Violence on the West Bank exploded after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the unprecedented raid of the Palestinian Islamist Islamist movement in the southern areas of Israeli territory on October 7, 2023.

At least 917 Palestinians, citizens and fighters have been killed in military or settlers, according to data from the Palestinian Authority.

According to official Israeli data, 33 Israelis, citizens and soldiers have also been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli raids.