Settler Violence = State Violence

In recent years — and especially since 7 October 2023 — there has been a sharp increase in both the number and severity of settler attacks against Palestinians. The incidents reported on this blog do not reflect all incidents of settler violence in the West Bank, but only those that B’Tselem was able to document and investigate.

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Displaying 761-780 of 2015 updates. An update can cover more than one incident.

Incident type

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District

Locality

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Israeli forces present

During the olive harvest

Communities forcibly transferred or facing forced transfer

October 2023

15 October 2023 Kh. a-Radhem Incidents: 1

Khirbet a-Radhem, South Hebron Hills: Soldiers demolished a home and agricultural structures, damaged infrastructure and crushed about 100 tons of fodder
15 October 2023 Bariyet Tuqu' Incidents: 1

Bariyet Tuqu', Bethlehem District: Settlers arrived with a bulldozer, destroyed an agricultural structure and a livestock enclosure, and dug up farmland
14 October 2023 Kh. Samrah Incidents: 1

Settlers and police entered the community, chased residents and threatened them.
14 October 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Soldiers arrived and attacked Nasser Nawaj’ah next to his home
14 October 2023 Atiriyah Incidents: 1

Atiriyah, South Hebron Hills: Settlers came to the community at night and threatened to harm the families if they did not leave within 24 hours.
14 October 2023 Bariyet Tuqu' Incidents: 1

Bariyet Tuqu', Bethlehem District: Five families left; settlers vandalized community property and, together with the military, blocked the road and declared the farmland a closed military zone
13 October 2023 Nab’ al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah) Incidents: 1

Nab’ al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah), Jordan Valley: Settlers again threatened residents until soldiers and a representative of the Jordan Valley settlement regional council removed them
13 October 2023 Tell Incidents: 1

Tell, Nablus District: Settlers drove out olive pickers with the help of soldiers who fired in the air
13 October 2023 a-Tuwani Incidents: 1

A-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills: Armed Israeli settler invades a home in a-Tuwani, attacks occupants, then hits a man coming out of a mosque and shoots him at point-blank range in front of another settler and a soldier
13 October 2023 Burin Incidents: 1

Burin, Nablus District: Israeli settlers accompanied by soldiers, attack Palestinian homes with stones, vandalize and steal property. Some of the settlers and soldiers also fired live rounds at the houses
13 October 2023 Southern a-Nassariyah Incidents: 1

The community of Southern a-Nassariyah was expelled by settlers.
13 October 2023 Ein a-Rashash Incidents: 1

All the women and children in the community moved to Duma.
12 October 2023 Jit Incidents: 1

Jit, Qalqiliyah District: An armed settler and two soldiers attacked a resident with their rifle butts, took him to an outpost and held him for about two hours
12 October 2023 Kh. a-Radhem Incidents: 1

Khirbet a-Radhem, South Hebron Hills: Settlers and soldiers vandalized infrastructure and threatened to harm a family unless they left within 24 hours; the family left the community the following day
12 October 2023 Badu al-Mu'arrajat center Incidents: 1

Badu al-Mu’arrajat center, the Jordan Valley: All community families left after settlers blocked Palestinians from using the road and attacked passengers
11 October 2023 Qusrah, a-Sawiyah Incidents: 1

In two days, settlers killed five Palestinians from Qusrah, one of them 17, and soldiers killed another
11 October 2023 al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliyah Incidents: 1

After about 30 men, women and children from eight families went to their land to harvest olives, armed settlers arrived with soldiers, threatened them and drove them out. The settlers and soldiers then proceeded to destroy equipment and work tools the harvesters left behind.
11 October 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Settlers in military uniforms threw a stun grenade at a flock of sheep and fired near the feet of a 60-year-old shepherd
10 October 2023 'Ein Harashah Incidents: 1

’Ein Harasha, Ramallah District: A Palestinian farming community forcibly transferred through state-backed settler violence
10 October 2023 'Ein Harashah Incidents: 1

‘Ein al-Harashah area, Ramallah district: On 10 October 2023, settlers used rocks to block the dirt road leading to the home of the Abu Saleh family and the farm belonging to the Shreiteh family near ‘Ein al-Harashah, which is located near al-Mazra’ah al-Qibliyah. That same day, about 20 settlers were filmed uprooting olive trees on the lands belonging to Abu Saleh and Shreiteh.