🚨POGROMS IN THE WESTBANK: Armed settler attacks ignite West Bank villages as Palestinians fight back and Israel orders collective punishment. Israeli settlers launched coordinated attacks across several Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting homes and farmland ON FIRE and opening fire on residents. In Tell, west of Nablus, Farouk Ramadan seized a loaded weapon from a settler during a confrontation and OPENED FIRE in self-defense before he was KILLED alongside 3 members of his family. Villagers had tried to defend their community with little more than stones as armed settlers stormed the village. 🇮🇱 Following the incident, Netanyahu announced the DEMOLITION of the family’s homes, declared the village a “terrorist stronghold,” ordered new military deployments across the West Bank, more checkpoints and road closures, and accelerated the legalization and expansion of Israeli settlement outposts. Settlers also attacked Awarta, setting homes ON FIRE while families were still inside and opening heavy fire at Palestinians trying to stop them. In Far’ata, settlers advanced after being repelled from the nearby village of Jit. At least 7 Palestinians were WOUNDED, including 4 by live fire and 1 critically, while homes and agricultural land were burned. Settlers also attacked the nearby village of Imatin. Despite the deaths, injuries and the new Israeli measures, Palestinians later REPELLED another large settler attack on the village of Surra, south of Nablus. The 2 men KILLED during the confrontation were later identified by the Israeli military as serving soldiers. Palestinians say they had been leading settler attacks while wearing civilian clothing and carrying Israeli military weapons. They were killed after their own weapons were seized during the confrontation.

Children were not named in the UN report out of fear that Israel would bomb their families. UN: "The hardest decision we had to make in completing this report was.. not to name the Palestinian children, whose deaths, injuries & suffering we describe.. we didn't name them because we feared the consequences for their families"

Rare Red Sandstorm Sweeps through Crete Greece and Libya. The Sandstorm is expected to start hitting Egypt and other areas in the upcoming hours. Videos are from Greece and Libya today. No filters, this is how it looks like: