📰 Vengeance at Sunset: Settlers Torch a Palestinian Village, Army Fires on Residents

Kafr Malik burned last week — but not from crossfire. From coordinated arson. From Molotov cocktails. From soldiers who arrived after the flames and opened fire on the victims.

💭 “We don’t know how much more we will have to pay in blood… Still, we will not leave our homes.”

— Afee Afeef, resident of Kafr Malik

📋 What Happened:
– Masked Israeli settlers stormed the village at dusk, torching homes and cars.
– Hebrew graffiti at the scene: “Vengeance,” “Two years” — a reference to a past shooting by Palestinians.
– Israeli soldiers arrived — and, according to over a dozen witnesses, fired at Palestinians, not rioters.

🛻 The Toll:
– 3 Palestinians killed by IDF gunfire: 35-year-old Murshid Hamayel, 18-year-old Lutfi Baeirat, and 15-year-old Muhammad Naji.
– 9 others wounded.
– A newborn narrowly escaped injury when a firebomb was thrown into his bedroom.
– The attackers: five Israelis detained, no charges announced.

💼 The Bigger Picture:
– Settler attacks are surging in 2025 — over 220 Palestinians injured so far, the highest in years.
– Seven new settler outposts have sprung up near Kafr Malik, creeping closer each month.
– Even illegal by Israeli law, they are tolerated — and often protected — by the state.

💲 What do you call it when settlers burn homes, and soldiers shoot the people running from the fire?

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