account of the recent tragic events in Huwara

This is the story of a Palestinian village in the heart of the hills of the West Bank. His name is Huwara. And a spiral of violence with Yistar, a neighboring Jewish colony, located on the heights, less than 2 km as the crow flies. Youssef Dmeidi lives at the entrance to Huwara. On February 26, he was in the street when he saw settlers arriving, “250 or so“. Settlers entering the village.”They went directly to the first houses, to set fire“, says the resident of Huwara. The father then barricades himself at home with his children. And from his roof, he films the scene. Fires, and dozens of settlers in the street, watching the flames.

The army overtaken by events

Material damage but also physical clashes of rare violence. In one video, Palestinians armed with sticks retreat to their store, and a group of settlers, one of whom is armed with an axe, goes after two men in their car. One death and a hundred injured are to be deplored. Why did these settlers come to Huwara and with what intentions? The France Télévisions teams went up to their colony on the heights, to meet a resident there, Kobi Ziat. “Unfortunately, it’s neighbors who want to kill us“, he says. He explains that the settlers went down to the village after the assassination the same day by a Palestinian, of two young settlers who were driving through the center of Yitsar. That evening, what did the Israeli army to avoid attack by settlers The army explains that it has been overwhelmed by events.