Watan-A video circulated on social media platforms, sparking widespread anger after documenting a horrific crime committed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
In detail, surveillance cameras captured Israeli settlers setting fire to a Palestinian car in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the guard of Israeli occupation forces.
The video showed settlers pouring a flammable substance on a white car inside what appears to be a car maintenance area on a public street, then the other settler igniting the fire in the car.
This took place under the watch of Israeli soldiers who were observing what was happening at the entrance of the place. When the settlers entered the place, and as soon as the fire was ignited in the car, they hurried to leave, with the soldiers moving away from the scene.
Recently, especially since October 7th last year, the pace of crimes committed by settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has increased.
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned the violence against Palestinians in the West Bank
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed its condemnation of the escalating pace of daily crimes and organized terrorism carried out by extremist settler gangs under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. This includes randomly shooting at Palestinian citizens, destroying properties, burning homes, vehicles, and agricultural lands in several villages in the West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of civilians.
The organization stated in a statement that this constitutes an extension of the open Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
The Israeli occupation bears full responsibility for the consequences of the continuation of these crimes and daily attacks. It called on the international community, especially the Security Council, to fulfill its responsibilities towards the necessity of providing international protection for the Palestinian people.
It called for ensuring an immediate and comprehensive cessation of this ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and holding the Israeli occupation accountable for all the crimes it commits against the Palestinian people, their land, and their sanctities.
There are 451,000 settlers in 132 settlements and 147 settlement outposts in the West Bank, in addition to 230,000 settlers in East Jerusalem.
According to Palestinian reports, the occupation army and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, killing 464 Palestinians and injuring about 4,800, in addition to arresting 8,215, since October 7th.