New Facts: Netanyahu downplays settler violence in Qusra

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Qusra, entered a Palestinian home while the family was inside, and pelted it with stones from all sides. The attack began with an ATV carrying three settlers; about 15 minutes later, dozens more arrived, circled the house, and trapped the residents for more than an hour. Troops reached the area roughly 40 minutes after the first alert.

Soldiers were in the vicinity during the raid and did not step in as settlers attacked the house. After they reached the home, forces fired tear gas into it and detained the people inside, some of whom were handcuffed and blindfolded. Four residents were hurt by tear gas and two by stones; the owner showed a bandaged arm. No settlers were arrested that night, and security forces seized three vehicles that were not used in the raid.

Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the takeover as the work of a “handful of rioters” and said forces ended the incident quickly. The attack took place a few hundred yards from three homes settlers had besieged this month despite a prolonged military deployment in the area. Violence also broke out elsewhere that day, including in Jalud where settlers attacked journalists.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources