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 841-860 of 2015 updates. An update can cover more than one incident.

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Israeli forces present

During the olive harvest

Communities forcibly transferred or facing forced transfer

August 2023

16 August 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers armed with clubs and a handgun attack Palestinian home with stones. Another settler threatens the homeowner with pepper spray
16 August 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers armed with clubs attack Palestinian shepherds
14 August 2023 Osarin Incidents: 1

Osarin, Nablus District: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian car with stones, injuring driver and damaging car
13 August 2023 Wadi a-Siq Incidents: 1

Khirbet Wadi a-Siq, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers vandalize school fence and steal electric generator
12 August 2023 Burin Incidents: 1

Burin, Nablus District: Israeli settlers cut down 40 olive trees in Palestinian orchard
12 August 2023 Kh. Humsah al-Foqa Incidents: 1

Kh. Humsah al-Foqa, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers harass Palestinian shepherd, try to drive him away
11 August 2023 al-Mughayir (Ramallah) Incidents: 1

Al-Mughayir, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers attack car with iron pipes and sticks, smashing two windows
11 August 2023 al-Qabun Incidents: 1

Al-Qabun, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers damage school after forcibly transferring community residents
11 August 2023 Rujeib Incidents: 1

Rujeib, Nablus District: Israeli settlers steal wire fence, irrigation pipes and a water tank belonging to Palestinian farmer
10 August 2023 Bani Na'im Incidents: 1

Bani Na’im Hebron District: Israeli settlers who invaded a Palestinian plot where equipment had been stolen bully owners who tries to stop them from leaving and assault him in front of soldiers
7 August 2023 al-Qabun Incidents: 1

Al-Qabun, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers bully Palestinian residents as they took down their tents to leave the community
7 August 2023 Khallet Makhul Incidents: 1

Khallet Makhul, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers vandalize livestock enclosure
6 August 2023 al-Qabun Incidents: 1

Al-Qabun, Ramallah District: Terrorized by settlers, a fourth Palestinian community is forced to leave in the past three months
4 August 2023 Burqah Incidents: 1

Israeli settlers enter Burqah village lands. During clashes with residents trying to drive them away, one of the settlers shoots and kills a villager
4 August 2023 Qaryut Incidents: 1

Qaryut, Nablus District: Israeli settlers invade freshwater spring, escorted by soldiers who fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian residents who tried to repel them
2 August 2023 Maghayer a-Deir Incidents: 1

Khirbet Maghayer a-Deir, Ramallah District: Dozens of Israeli settlers raid Palestinian community on pretext of searching for tractor
1 August 2023 Burin Incidents: 1

Burin, Nablus District: Israeli settlers vandalize and steal a wire fence, attack a house with stones and smash car windows in Palestinian village

July 2023

29 July 2023 Badu al-Mu’arrajat east (Mleihat) Incidents: 1

Community of al-Mu’arrajat east, Jericho District: Rifle-toting Israeli settler enters tents, searching them with the military’s protection
26 July 2023 Widady a-Tahta Incidents: 1

Khirbet Widady a-Tahta, South Hebron Hills: Settlers torch bee hives Palestinian residents of the displaced community were forced to leave behind
25 July 2023 Kh. a-Tuba, Maghayir al-'Abid Incidents: 2

Maghayir al-‘Abid and Khirbet a-Tuba, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers with military escort enter sheepfold and homes, conduct searches and steal drill