FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy condemned Israeli settlers today after masked rioters went on a “widespread rampage” against Palestinians in the West Bank.

Mr Lammy, who is currently on a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories (OPT) alongside the French foreign minister, said the behaviour of the Israeli settlers on Thursday night was “abhorrent.”

A Palestinian was killed and others were badly injured after they rioted in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian health officials.

Residents said at least 100 masked settlers entered the village, shot live ammunition, burned homes and cars and damaged water tankers.

Footage online showed fire ravaging the small village, which Palestinian residents said was left without military assistance for two hours.

Mr Lammy said: “The scenes overnight of the burning and the torching of buildings, of the Molotov cocktails thrown at cars, of the widespread rampage and chasing of people from their homes is abhorrent and I condemn it in the strongest of terms.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that there will be a swift investigation. I hope that that investigation can ensure that those who have engaged in this settler violence over the course of the last 24 hours are brought to justice.”

But independent MP for Islington North Jeremy Corbyn questioned why the Labour government is continuing to arm Israel.

He said on X: “It is beyond belief that the government has still not ended arms sales to Israel. What on earth are they waiting for?

“This shameful cowardice must be called out for what it is: complicity in genocide.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he took the riots “seriously” and that Israelis who carried out criminal acts would be prosecuted.