Netanyahu says settlers caused "immense harm to the law-abiding settler community"

In the occupied West Bank, dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into a Palestinian home near Qusra on Saturday and attacked people inside, according to the Israeli military and Palestinian witnesses. A separate assault in nearby Jalud, reported by NBC News, injured three of its journalists and a Palestinian woman. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has generally described settler violence as the actions of a small fringe, offered an unusual condemnation, saying the assailants were hurting Israel’s reputation abroad and harming peaceful settlers. Israeli President Isaac Herzog called the episodes shameful and urged prosecution. The outbreak follows a United Nations report that settler violence in the West Bank has reached an all-time high, with rights groups saying such attacks often go unpunished.