Settlers set fire to bulldozers at Beita industrial zone
Security sources said dozens of settlers attacked the zone, and a commission reported 1,369 settler attacks across the West Bank in October.
Israeli settlers set fire to three bulldozers and several vehicles at a stone-cutting industrial zone in Beita, south of Nablus, on Monday evening, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Security sources said dozens of settlers entered the industrial zone in the town and burned equipment belonging to the facilities, causing property damage.
Israeli forces entered Beita at the same time as the settler attack, the sources added.
WAFA reported that the industrial zone has faced repeated attacks, including arson against facilities and vehicles and gunfire, alongside incursions by Israeli forces.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli forces and settlers carried out 3,133 attacks against Palestinians, their land and property across the West Bank in October.
The commission said 1,369 of those attacks were carried out by settlers, a rise of 111.6 percent from September.
It said Nablus governorate recorded 353 settler attacks, the second-highest total after Ramallah and al-Bireh.
The commission said the attacks included vandalism, theft of vehicles and equipment, and damage to land and crops, targeting Palestinians' livelihoods.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and most of the international community considers Israeli settlements there illegal under international law, a position Israel disputes.