The ferocity of Saturday’s assault prompted condemnations from Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. By Aaron Boxerman and Pranav Baskar Dozens of Israeli settlers burst into a Palestinian man’s home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, trapping and attacking people inside, the Israeli military and Palestinian witnesses said. It was the latest in a series of assaults by Israeli extremists that have drawn international condemnation. The attack took place near the Palestinian town of Qusra in the northern West Bank, where groups of Israeli settlers recently besieged the homes of several other Palestinians, including an American citizen. Violence has snowballed in the Israeli-occupied territory over the past several months, with Palestinians saying the Israeli authorities frequently look the other way.
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A group of masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured reporters with NBC News who were interviewing a Palestinian woman driven out of her home, the outlet said . It was not clear whether any Israelis were arrested.