{"id":524319,"date":"2026-01-18T04:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T04:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524319\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T04:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T04:14:11","slug":"israeli-settlers-raid-set-fire-to-west-bank-bedouin-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524319\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Settlers Raid, Set Fire to West Bank Bedouin Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Saturday&#8217;s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.S. President Donald Trump <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">invited about 60 countries<\/strong> to join the <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Board of Peace<\/strong>, several sources told Haaretz.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">board&#8217;s charter<\/strong>, obtained by Haaretz, suggests that <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Trump has begun steps to<\/strong> position it as a <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">rival to the United Nations<\/strong>, citing the &#8220;courage to <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">depart from&#8230; institutions<\/strong> that have too often failed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Prime Minister Benjamin <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Netanyahu said the Gaza Executive Board<\/strong>&#8216;s composition was not coordinated with Israel and <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">is against Israeli policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Netanyahu approved<\/strong> the composition of the Gaza Executive Board and is <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">protesting for the optics<\/strong>, a source privy to the matter told Haaretz.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.S. President <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Donald Trump<\/strong> said Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Khamenei needs to be replaced<\/strong>, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s time to look for new leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">U.S. State Department<\/strong> said Washington has received reports that <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Iran<\/strong> is preparing &#8220;options for <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">targeting American bases<\/strong>,&#8221; saying &#8220;all options remain on the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Access to SMS messaging has been <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">restored in Iran<\/strong>, according to residents of Tehran, but the <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">internet blackout remains in effect<\/strong> and users can only access state-run websites.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Despite <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Israel Police announcing the end<\/strong> of a <a class=\"x1bvjpef x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2026-01-17\/ty-article\/.premium\/despite-operations-end-israel-police-continues-to-raid-bedouin-village-tarabin\/0000019b-c930-d641-a9bf-cbb0d7940000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weeks-long operation<\/a> in the <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Bedouin village of Tarabin<\/strong> in southern Israel, footage shows <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">police patrol vehicles<\/strong> entering the village with <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">sirens blaring<\/strong>, while officers are seen throwing <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">illumination flares and stun grenades<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Israeli settlers<\/strong> raided a <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Bedouin community<\/strong> near the Palestinian village of <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">Mukhmas in the central West Bank<\/strong> and set <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">fire to property<\/strong>. IDF forces said they are <strong class=\"x1xlr1w8\">searching for the suspects.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are Saturday&#8217;s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East: \u25a0 U.S. President&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":523942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[372,109666,69,70,58674,86232,4783,4784,83,99,119115,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-524319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","9":"tag-cease-fire-hostage-release-talks","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-gaza-aid","13":"tag-hamas-hostages","14":"tag-hezbollah","15":"tag-idf","16":"tag-iran","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-israel-u-s","19":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115914163153743851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}