Israeli forces arrived in the West Bank village after settlers set fire to a house and tents and stole sheep. The Palestinian man who died was hit in the chest with an M16 by soldiers. None of the settlers were arrested
Haaretz
A resident of the village of Sinjil in the central West Bank collapsed and died on Monday after settlers set his house on fire and the Israeli military arrived at the scene and assaulted him.
48-year-old Wael Ghafari died of a heart attack after inhaling tear gas, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported. His cousin, Ayed Ghafari, said that before Wael collapsed, he was also struck in the chest with a weapon by soldiers, inhaled smoke from the house fire, and then collapsed in the doorway of the building.
Ghafari added that his cousin had no previous health problems.
Overnight into Monday, settlers established a new outpost on the village’s land, in Area B. In the morning, it was evacuated by the civil administration, but the settlers remained.
Later, several residents arrived at the scene and said the settlers attacked them. According to Ayed, one of the settlers was armed with a rifle and fired at his cousin but did not hit him. He added that the settlers set fire to his cousin’s house, as well as to tents belonging to a Bedouin community on the outskirts of the village, a woodworking shop, vehicles, solar panels, and also killed and stole sheep.
According to Ayed, a few minutes later, soldiers arrived, struck Wael in the chest with an M16, and threw a stun grenade and tear gas at him. He also said the soldiers arrested one of the Palestinians at the scene, claiming he had thrown stones.
After the settlers left, he said, Wael entered the burned house, had trouble breathing, and collapsed at the entrance.
The Palestinian who was arrested on Monday is still held in custody.
None of the settlers were arrested following the attack.
Never ever let it be said that these Israeli people are normal human beings. They’re not. Most decent human beings have elements of empathy and compunction, notably absent in these murderous monsters. Moreover, we, the Gentiles, or Goyim are almost equally as bad because WE are allowing this barbarity to continue on a daily basis. The sheer mindless barbarity and wilful-terrorism of the Semitic peoples of Palestine has been continuous since at least 1948, and the world has been very much aware of the bloodshed and oppression long before the Satanic-clans have monopolised the media. So really, we do not have any excuses for allowing the murder and terrorism of the Palestinians to continue …
We should all hang our collective heads in shame … because it appears painfully obvious that the murder and savagery waged upon these Palestinians (Semites) has never been about ‘hostages’ or theatric-biblical passages, it has always been about land-theft and acuisition of the oil and gas-fields off the coast of Palestine, or GAZA if you will. Moreover, most Western-leaders know this and yet they literally turn-a-blind-eye to the terrotorial gangsterism.