"It was reported that today in Deir Abu Mashal, settlers pushed a Palestinian vehicle down a slope.

An eyewitness said that an Israeli army force stopped the Palestinian vehicle, and at the same time several settlers arrived at the scene. According to the witness, the soldiers released the vehicle’s owners, and the forces left. However, shortly afterward, the settlers—one of them armed—forced the Palestinians out of the vehicle again, beat one of them with the butt of a weapon, and then pushed the empty vehicle down the slope.

According to Palestinians, the settlers came from an outpost between Deir Abu Mashal and Nir Nidal, and for several months they have been terrorizing residents of the area and damaging property. In December, the cabinet approved the legalization of the outpost as the settlement of Meishol."