Israeli extremists set a building on fire and attacked Palestinians in two different parts of the West Bank on Thursday night, Army Radio reported on Friday morning.
The Jewish extremists set a building on fire in Khirbat Abu Falah in Binyamin. Graffiti found on one of the walls read: "NIS 100 million to the project coordinator, you won't beat terrorism, regards from Metzad."
The graffiti referred to Col. (res.) Avichai Tenami, whom Defense Minister Israel Katz named as special project manager to handle the topic of hilltop youth in early June.
Near Yatta, a city in the Palestinian Authority, a group of Jewish rioters attacked and beat Palestinians with sticks. One Palestinian was severely wounded in the attack, and another was moderately wounded.
West Bank extremist violence spirals
A similar situation happened on Monday, when dozens of Jewish settler extremists raided the Palestinian village of Jaba in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank, setting fire to homes and cars in the area.
IDF, Israel Police, and Border Police forces were dispatched to attempt to stop the riot, which was carried out in response to the demolition of an illegal settlement outpost constructed atop the Tzur Misgavi peak in the Judean hills, in Gush Etzion.
Army Radio also reported that the settlers entered the Palestinian village and set one house on fire, along with four vehicles. Other details shared pointed out that a Palestinian man was beaten during the raid, while no arrests have been made. There were other reports of masked men entering additional Palestinian villages in the area.
The riots sparked a wave of condemnations against extremist violence in the West Bank from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz -who is condemning this type of situation for the first time in months- and other officials.
"I view with great seriousness the violent riots and the attempt to take the law into their own hands by a handful of extremists who do not represent the residents in Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu stated. "I call on law enforcement authorities to bring the rioters to justice."