Israeli settler attack on Palestinians in the West Bank
Not to be confused with 2023 Huwara shooting.
Huwara rampage
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
A car set on fire by settlers
Location
Huwara
Date
26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) (UTC+02:00)
Target
Local Palestinian residents
Attack type
Rioting, street violence, vandalism, arson
Deaths
1
Injured
100+
Perpetrator
Israeli settlers
On 26 February 2023, hundreds of Israeli settlers went on a violent late-night rampage in Huwara and other Palestinian villages in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, leaving one civilian dead and 100 other Palestinians injured, four critically, and the town ablaze.[1][2] It was the worst attack stemming from Israeli settler violence in the northern West Bank in decades.[3][4][5]
Israeli soldiers were in the area while the rampage by the settlers unfolded and did not intervene.[2] The rampage was called a pogrom by an Israeli commander in charge of the area.[6] The attack followed the deadly shooting of two Israeli settlers the same day by an unidentified attacker in the area.[7][1] The same day, Israeli and Palestinian officials issued a joint declaration in Aqaba, Jordan to counter the recent round of Israeli–Palestinian violence.[3][4][8]
In the rampage's aftermath, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler leader in charge of the administration of the West Bank,[9] called for Huwara to be "wiped out" by the Israeli army.[10][11] Condemnations from the United States, European Union, and Arab countries led to Smotrich retracting his comments and claiming they were said in the heat of the moment.[6][12]
^ abKingsley, Patrick; Kershner, Isabel (27 February 2023). "Revenge Attacks After Killing of Israeli Settlers Leave West Bank in Turmoil". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ abBreiner, Josh (28 February 2023). "The Chaos in Hawara Didn't End on the Night of the Riots, nor Did the Israeli Army's Incompetence". Haaretz. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ abMcKernan, Bethan (27 February 2023). "Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills two". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ abMohammed, Majdi; Ben Zion, Ilan (27 February 2023). "Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage". AP NEWS. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^Bateman, Tom (27 February 2023). "Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'". BBC News. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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^Gritten, David (27 February 2023). "Settlers rampage in West Bank villages after Israelis killed". BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^McKernan, Bethan (26 February 2023). "Israeli and Palestinian officials express 'readiness' to work to stop violence". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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