The sky turns dark, and the air unbreathable, the wind blowing it towards the outpost.
With flashing lasers, honking horns and choking smoke from burning tires, the latest tactics used by Palestinian protesters are dusk till dawn rallies to make life unbearable for Israeli settlers.
Palestinians hold regular protests on Fridays, the weekly day of rest, against Israel's occupation of the West Bank, which stretches back to the Six-Day War of 1967.
But in recent days, the residents of Beita -- a town of some 17,00 people south of Nablus -- have switched tactics. Instead of mobilising during the day, they hold nighttime protests to keep the settlers awake.
Four Palestinians including a teenager have been killed, and more than 300 injured, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
Protesters start small fires and wave burning torches, lighting the hillside opposite the settlement with a terrifying wall of flames.
Under international law, all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank -- where some 650,000 Israelis now live -- are illegal.
