The UK condemned on Friday Israeli colonists’ attacks on the town of Bruqin, west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit.
“UK condemns the latest appalling settler attacks in Bruqin,” the British Consulate General in Jerusalem said on X platform.
“Israel has an obligation to protect the civilian Palestinian population in the West Bank,” it added, while stressing that “Those responsible for extremist settler violence must be held to account.”
The Consulate General recalled that the UK has applied further sanctions on individual colonists, illegal colonist outposts, & organisations supporting violence against Palestinian communities.
“The UK will continue to act against those who are carrying out heinous abuses of human rights,” it concluded.
On Thursday night, Israeli colonists attacked Bruqin, burning many Palestinian homes with the permission of the Israeli occupation forces.
The fires caused extensive damage and led to large-scale blazes across parts of the town. Footage circulating on social media showed flames spreading in several locations in Bruqin. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported at least 8 burn cases.
