Israeli settlers raid Palestinian school near Ramallah in West Bank

A Palestinian school at risk of demolition by Israel was raided by settlers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

The Israeli settlers broke windows and vandalised items at Ras Al-Tin school near Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa cited local sources as saying.

In 2020, Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of the school on the grounds that it did not have a permit.

The Ras Al-Tin school is in Area C of the West Bank, where Israel maintains full control and rarely issues Palestinians building permits.

It is in an area inhabited by Palestinian Bedouins, as is another school that faced a similar raid by settlers earlier on Sunday.

The Palestinian foreign ministry issued a statement saying it "condemns in the strongest terms" what it called "settler militias, their members and their terrorist organisations" over the storming of the two schools.

Israeli settlers and forces use violence on a daily basis against Palestinians, with more than 200 killed since the start of this year.

Settlements breach international law and are considered a key barrier to a workable two-state solution as they carve up Palestinian land.

There are more than 700,000 settlers residing illegally in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

These territories have been occupied by Israel since 1967.