Israeli settlers attack West Bank village

Two houses belonging to the al-Tubasi family in Jalud, south of Nablus, were set on fire

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and block Palestinian family's return home

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and block Palestinian family's return home

More than 100 Israeli settlers have carried out attacks in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, stopping a family escorted by the Israeli military from returning to their homes, which had been seized weeks ago by settlers.

"It was extremely terrifying, beyond words. It's hard to imagine the situation," Mahmoud al-Tubasi told the BBC.

"My feeling now is that I am happy to have escaped death. I genuinely expected they were going to kill us."

Al-Tubasi, 60, his wife Aida, 51, and their 33-year-old son, Wael, had returned to their properties accompanied by Israeli forces after Israel's High Court ruled earlier this month that they must be allowed to go back.

Source: The Star