# Israel sends troops against settler siege as US ambassador calls it an 'act of terror'

https://mins.news/en/item/21351

- France 24, 2026-08-13 14:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260813-israel-sends-troops-to-settler-siege-as-us-ambassador-slams-act-of-terror

> Israeli forces moved on Thursday against rogue settlers besieging Palestinians in the West Bank, amid unusually forceful criticism from the United States. At the same time, Israel inaugurated a symbolic settlement elsewhere in the territory.

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