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Photo: A Palestinian man speaks on his mobile phone as he looks at his destroyed vehicle in the village of Madama on January 8, 2014
(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Settlers torched two Palestinian cars in the Nablus village of Madama on Wednesday in an apparent revenge attack after a group of settlers was held captive by villagers in Jalud a day earlier.

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement activity, told Ma'an that a group of masked settlers exited a car by a bypass road in Madama and set fire to the vehicles.

The cars were owned by Rami Nassar and Samih al-Qit.

The attackers also sprayed "racist price tag" at the scene before fleeing.

Several signs were also found at a crossroads near Zatara village threatening Palestinians from Qusra and Jalud.

On Tuesday, villagers in the Qusra and Jalud area managed to apprehend a group of settlers who had attempted to attack them and their property, holding them for several hours in a house.

The settlers, who were from the illegal outpost of Esh Kodesh, were later transferred to Israeli security forces after the villagers called PA liaison officials.