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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Tuesday April 23, 2013, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded the Dir Jareer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and torched 10 Palestinian cars in addition to attacking other Palestinian property in the village.

Local sources reported that the settlers conducted their assault during early dawn hours, burnt the cars and attacked property before leaving the village, the Arabs48 news website reported.

The attack is similar to numerous attacks in the Ramallah district and in several parts of the West Bank in which the settlers attacked property and wrote racist graffiti. These attacks included numerous assaults targeting churches and mosques in occupied Palestine.

On Friday, April 19, a group of extremist Israeli settlers occupied a Christian Monastery in a Palestinian village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and raised an Israeli flag over it.

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Settlers torch 10 cars in Ramallah village

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Dozens of settlers raided a Ramallah village overnight Monday and set fire to 10 cars, locals said.

Witnesses told Ma'an that settlers from Ofra entered the village of Deir Jarir and attacked property in the village, setting fire to 10 vehicles.

In recent weeks, fierce clashes have broken out in the area as Palestinians try to protect private land slated for annexation to Ofra.

Earlier in April, a group of Israeli settlers assaulted a resident of Silwad who sustained bruises and was hospitalized. In response, residents set fire to movable settler houses in a nearby outpost.

Settler attacks against Palestinians and their property is routine in the occupied West Bank and rarely punished by Israeli authorities, who locals accuse of failing to intervene despite being present at many incidents.