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    "parsed_content": "AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTIsraeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their HomeThe Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront them.Listen \u00b7 5:40 min Share full articleVideoSettlers Block a Palestinian Family From Returning to Their HomeMore than 100 Israeli settlers attacked and set fire to houses when the Israeli military tried to return the Toubassis, a Palestinian family, to their home in the West Bank village of Jalud on Monday.CreditCredit...Ammar Awad\/ReutersBy Natan Odenheimer and Fatima AbdulKarimNatan Odenheimer reported from Tel Aviv, and Fatima AbdulKarim from Ramallah, West Bank.Sept. 29, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and soldiers in the West Bank overnight, preventing the Israeli military from enforcing a court order to return a Palestinian family to their home and adding to accusations that the authorities have not done enough to confront a rising tide of settler violence.The Israeli government, military and police have been condemned for failing to protect Palestinians in the occupied territory after a surge of settler attacks resulted in few arrests and stoked international criticism. The settlers are Jewish Israelis who live in areas that Israel occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Most of the international community considers the settlements to be illegal.In the latest outburst of violence that began late on Monday, the settlers set fire to Palestinian homes and wounded three Israeli border police officers when the soldiers tried to return the family, the Toubassis, to their home in the village of Jalud, the military said in a statement. Three people were arrested, according to the Israeli police, who said in a statement that they had opened an investigation.ImageMr. Toubassi\u2019s home that he says was damaged by settlers after the family tried to return.Credit...Ammar Awad\/ReutersThe family were forced to leave their home in July after repeated settler attacks on the property. In August, the Israeli military said in a statement that it had created a closed zone in the area to prevent nonresidents from entering. But Palestinians documented Israeli soldiers standing by as settlers went in and out of the Toubassi house or even playing ball with them in the yard.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Supreme Court this month ordered the military to ensure the safe return of the Toubassi family after settlers took over their home. Under international law, the military is responsible for maintaining law and order and protecting Palestinians living in the West Bank because Israel is an occupying power, a principle that is recognized by Israeli courts. The military said that the soldiers filmed playing with the settlers had been removed from combat duty, according to the Supreme Court decision.Want to stay updated on what\u2019s happening in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Sign up for Your Places: Global Update, and we\u2019ll send our latest coverage to your inbox.Overnight, after the family had returned to the property, a group of settlers set fire to a vehicle at the house and threw stones at the building, according to Mahmoud Toubassi, one of the family members. The military evacuated the family about an hour after they had returned when settlers moved to set the house alight, Mr. Toubassi added.\u201cWithout the army, we would have not been able to leave,\u201d he said.The military said in a statement that soldiers had been unable to permanently return the family to their home, but also noted that troops had stopped a more serious incident from taking place. After the family entered the home, the military said, more than 100 \u201crioters\u201d arrived and \u201csevere violence\u201d started, with rocks thrown at security forces, roads blocked and tires set on fire. The military said that additional personnel had been called in to try to disperse the settlers and that those forces had intervened to prevent the family from being harmed.Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has soared, according to U.N. data, especially since the start of the Gaza war, which was ignited by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. So far in 2026, at least 23 Palestinians have been killed in incidents linked to clashes with settlers, according to the U.N. humanitarian office.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTInternational pressure on Israel to rein in settler attacks has grown in recent weeks. This month, Britain, Canada and France banned trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.In recent months, settlers have besieged Palestinian families in their homes or forced them out, including in Jalud and in neighboring villages. The violence has been widely condemned, including by Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who this month called settlers who attacked Palestinians \u201cterrorists.\u201dImageAn Israeli settler driving a buggy in the area near the Toubassis\u2019 house. Credit...Ammar Awad\/ReutersIn a statement released by his office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel condemned the violence targeting the Toubassis. He added that \u201cthe handful of rioters are not representative of the law-abiding settler public in Judea and Samaria,\u201d using the biblical name of the West Bank.Last week, Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly that settler violence against Palestinians was down to 150 \u201cjuvenile delinquents.\u201d But Israeli former security officials and human rights groups say the problem is far broader. A group of prominent Israelis, including more than three dozen retired army and air force generals, has accused the Netanyahu government of failing to check what they termed \u201cJewish terrorism.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTCritics say Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s policies have fueled clashes in the West Bank. Gadi Eisenkot, Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s main rival in next month\u2019s general election, called the overnight attack \u201ca campaign of terror of violence.\u201d\u201cThis is what anarchy and loss of control look like, which have reached new heights under the current government,\u201d Mr. Eisenkot said on social media.Instead of being able to sleep in their own beds after Israeli troops escorted them back home, the Toubassis watched as their home was attacked again.\u201cIt broke my heart to see the fire eating up the house,\u201d Mr. Toubassi said.Gabby Sobelman contributed reporting from Rehovot, Israel.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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