Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians after army dismantles outposts

RAMALLAH: Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village and injured five people on Thursday, a rights group said, after the military dismantled illegal outposts.

The Israeli military, which has come under international criticism over settler violence, said it intervened and took down two outposts built by settlers without permission in the occupied West Bank.

More than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements across the West Bank, all of which are deemed illegal under international law, and some of which, known as outposts, are built without Israeli government approval.

“After Israeli military forces left the area, dozens of settlers, armed with clubs, tear gas and stones, stormed the village of Atara,” the Israeli rights group Yesh Din said in a statement.