Illegal Israeli settlers have attacked and torched Palestinian properties on the outskirts of Ramallah, residents said, in one of their boldest raids yet in the area that serves as the Palestinians’ seat of government in the occupied West Bank. Around a dozen attackers, masked and carrying petrol bombs, targeted the Al-Bireh area, which adjoins Ramallah, at around 0100 GMT on Monday, torching the Palestinians in a matter of minutes, they said. Resident Ihab al-Zaben said he yelled at the settlers but they carried on burning the vehicles regardless.
