Settler mob attacks West Bank elementary school under army protection

Israeli settlers, under the protection of the army, launched a violent attack on a school near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho on 16 September. 

Troops and settlers stormed the Arab al-Kaabneh Elementary School in the Arab al-Mleihat area northwest of Jericho. 

“Armed Israelis attacked the [area], beat an elderly man, stormed the elementary school and assaulted students and teachers … there is a state of panic and fear among local residents, especially women and children,” WAFA news agency reported, citing local sources as saying that “the school is still under siege and the students are being abused inside.”