Politics
Israeli army raises West Bank alert; settler justifies village attacks as revenge
September 6, 2026 at 07:25 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 784 hours
Israel's army has raised alert levels and reinforced its West Bank division after a confrontation killed an Israeli guard and four Palestinians, while a settler called the revenge attacks justified.
- Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has ordered raising the alert level in the West Bank and preparing an additional division, expanding the West Bank Division to 26 battalions within two weeks.
- An Israeli security guard from the Havat Gilad outpost was killed in a confrontation in Tal; four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier also died.
- Settler Yehuda Shimon told the BBC the attacks on the villages of Tal, Sarra, Jit, and Farata were justified revenge, saying residents of those villages should be killed.
- Shimon stated one Jewish life is worth "millions" of Palestinians, that the Bible grants Jews the land, and that Palestinians refusing peace and remaining would be killed.