JERUSALEM -- Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked a pair of Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles and other property before clashing with Israeli soldiers sent to halt the rampage, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

Israeli police said four Israelis were arrested in what it described as "extremist violence," while the Israeli military said four Palestinians were wounded.

Videos on social media showed two charred trucks engulfed in flames, with a nearby building on fire. Settler violence has surged since the war in Gaza broke out two years ago. The attacks have intensified in recent weeks as Palestinians harvest their olive trees in an annual ritual.

Earlier Tuesday, tens of thousands of Israelis attended the funeral of an Israeli

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