NewzIsraeli forces said it removed 'Israeli rioters' from Qusra Israeli military and border police forces said the responded to clashes involving "Israeli rioters" in the Palestinian village of Qusra, where Israeli settlers have besieged a Palestinian home. A According t a joint statement, dozens of Israeli rioters entered and barricaded themselves inside a Palestinian home. The authorities said several Palestinians, including a woman, suffered injuries during the incident and reported that rioters had thrown stones at Palestinians.
Israeli security forces said they removed the settlers from the house, seized their vehicles and planned to stay in the area to prevent further clashes and restore order. But Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces had tried to arrest Palestinians who remained trapped inside the besieged home. Israeli settlers continue Qusra siege for 21st day as forces prevent medical evacuations Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi said Israeli settlers continue to besiege homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra for the 21st day, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
Wadi said that Israeli forces are also attempting to arrest Palestinians besieged inside their homes in the village. The Israeli military is also preventing wounded people from being evacuated from a house surrounded in the Ras al-Ein area, he added. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said settlers attacked an ambulance attempting to reach the besieged house.
Palestinian men watch Israeli soldiers from the roof of a home besieged by settlers in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, on 18 August 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
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