REPORTAGE. “There were four of us and more than a hundred of them”, a Palestinian village in the West Bank horrified by the attack of Jewish settlers

According to Jit residents, the attackers came from a small settlement near their village near the Palestinian city of Nablus.

The Palestinian village of Jit, in the occupied West Bank, was targeted by Jewish settlers. The attack left at least one person dead and one seriously injured on Thursday, August 15. The Israeli president said he was shocked and denounced the riots. Franceinfo visited the scene of the raid.

The entrance to a 73-year-old grandmother’s house was blackened by the start of a fire. “They came to kill us, to kill our young people for no reason, she says. In the house there were only women and small children. They were screaming and shouting, it was hell. I was very afraid for my children.”

“They tried to set fire to the house while there was an entire family inside.”

Hassan, resident of Jit

to franceinfo

It was after nightfall that the settlers entered this small Palestinian village before attacking its inhabitants. Hassan, 28, whose car was set on fire, is still furious: “We were sitting there and suddenly the settlers came. There were four of us and more than a hundred of them. We started fighting them, but they had all kinds of weapons, pistols, automatic rifles, tear gas and even knives. They tried to pour gasoline on me to burn me and I ran.”

The attack lasted several hours, according to Amar, just 18. He wears a bandage around his head. “They were masked, all armed. They advanced insulting us in Hebrew. One of the settlers threw a stone at my head. I lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital where I was treated.”he says.

The burnt-out carcasses bear witness to the violence of this tragedy. Ahmed is still in shock. “It was horriblehe said. When people heard that the village was under attack. They came out to defend it, to protect it. It was very hard. They want us to leave, but we have nowhere to go. This is our land. We were born here.” And according to residents, the attackers came from the small settlement of Khavat Gil’ad, just two kilometers away, on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Nablus.