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Ισραorλ: ΑπΕτυχ εναπροιοσ απo φονικor επiθεση εποiκων /></p> <p> The commander-in-chief of Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank said today that it "failed" to protect a Palestinian village from the descent of armed Jewish settlers in which one man lost his life in mid-August, mainly because he delayed sending forces to the scene.</p> <p>Lt. Gen. Avi Bluth called it a "very serious act of terrorism" this attack in the village of Jit, on the evening of August 15,</p> <p> "The case is not closed and will not be closed until the perpetrators are brought to justice," said the military official according to an army statement which invokes him and publishes an investigation report in relation to these acts of violence.</p> <p> President Isaac Hertzong had condemned "unequivocally" the attack, which caused a storm of international reactions.</p> <p>"It is a very serious act of terrorism in which Israelis deliberately went out to attack the residents of the village of Jit and we failed because we could not arrive earlier to protect them," General Bluth estimates.</p> <p> The investigation that conducted by the military on how "nearly 100 masked Israelis" were able to set several houses and cars on fire, he concludes that it took the troops at least 12 minutes to reach Jit.</p> <p>The investigation points out that “the first force (that arrived at the scene) failed to fully understand the situation and should have acted more decisively”. Reinforcements sent in afterwards “contained the rioters”, the statement added.</p> <p>The research also reveals that "in the beginning" of the attack, "several members" of a unit of citizen volunteers armed by the state to protect a neighboring settlement "entered the scene without obtaining permission, wearing uniform, and acted beyond their rights,", the army writes, clearly implying that (these volunteers ) took part in the violence.</p> <p> "Two members of this unit were dismissed and their weapons confiscated,", it is pointed out.</p> <p>On Thursday, Israeli police and intelligence announced the arrest of four people, including a minor, on suspicion of “involvement in terrorist acts against Palestinians”. in Jit.</p> <p> A 23-year-old Palestinian man was killed in the attack, which was carried out by nearly a hundred settlers armed with knives and firearms according to witnesses, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.</p> <p> The United States today announced new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank, calling on Israel to fight these “extremist” groups.</p> <p> And this, on the same day that the Israeli military launched what it described as an “anti-terrorist operation”. ; large scale in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, causing the death of ten people on the Palestinian side, nine of them fighters, according to the army.</p> <p> "Extremist settler violence in the West Bank is causing great human toll. suffering, damages Israel's security and undermines the prospects for peace and stability in the region,” said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.</p> <p> Source: APE-MPE </p> <p><noindex></p> <div class=Source: www.sigmalive.com

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