Palestinians: Israeli Settlers Burn Cars in West Bank

A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
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Palestinians: Israeli Settlers Burn Cars in West Bank

A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A Palestinian man checks burnt cars in the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers reportedly torched vehicles on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers attacked five villages in the occupied West Bank overnight, torching vehicles and olive trees, and leaving graffiti on the walls of homes.

Ghassan Daghlas, a spokesman for the Nablus governorate, said the Jewish settlers set fire to five cars and spray-painted graffiti on more than 20 others.

Villagers circulated photos of the damage on social media, the Associated Press reported.

Israeli police said they are investigating the reports and that police and military units will visit the area.

Hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War.

The Palestinians claim the West Bank as part of their future state.



US Military Says It Strikes Iran-Backed Militia Facility in Syria

A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
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US Military Says It Strikes Iran-Backed Militia Facility in Syria

A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)
A convoy of US military vehicles near Qamishli, Syria, February 2020. (SANA/via Reuters)

US forces conducted strikes in Syria against Iranian-aligned militia groups for a second day in a row Tuesday in response to further attacks on US personnel, US Central Command said late Tuesday.

In the latest retaliatory strikes, US forces hit a weapons storage and logistics facility after militia groups launched a rocket attack on US personnel at Patrol Base Shaddadi in Eastern Syria.

Earlier Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said that over the weekend the militias had also targeted US personnel with a drone attack and indirect fires at another base, Green Village, where US troops are operating — which prompted the US to strike nine militia targets on Monday in self-defense.

There are about 900 US troops deployed in Syria. No US troops were injured in either attack.