Settlers reportedly set fire to Palestinian property in the northern and southern West Bank on Friday, with a person apparently carrying an Israel Defense Forces assault rifle and guarding the assailants in one of the attacks.

No injuries or arrests were reported from either attack. While settler violence takes place on a daily basis, arrests are rare.

On Friday afternoon, about a dozen masked attackers in dark hoodies set fire to the entrance to a warehouse in the village of Asira al-Qibliya, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, security camera footage showed.

The attackers in the footage could be heard speaking Hebrew, and threads of tzitzit, a Jewish ritual undergarment, could be seen peaking out from beneath some of their clothing. As the attackers fled, a man ran after them and hurled a stone in their direction.

A resident who spoke to Palestinian media said some 30 or 40 settlers took part in the attack, and that they also set fire to two cars.

Separately, Palestinian media reported that Israeli assailants set fire to two vehicles early on Friday in Masafer Yatta, a collection of hamlets on the outskirts of the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank.

مستوطنون يضرمون النار بمركبة وباب منزل في قرية عصيرة القبلية، جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/mOHwkLAe2z — شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) April 17, 2026

مستوطنون يضرمون النار بمركبة وباب منزل في قرية عصيرة القبلية، جنوب نابلس.........

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