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.
On Saturday, 28 May 2022, at around 4:00 P.M., dozens of settlers arrived with a military escort at the eastern part of Burin, a village in Nablus District, and attacked five homes with stones. In video footage, soldiers are seen protecting the rioting settlers and firing live shots and tear gas canisters at residents trying to drive the assailants away. No one was injured in the attack. Some of these homes have been repeatedly attacked by settlers.
The next day, Sunday, 29 May 2022, some 30 settlers again came with a military escort to the same part of the village and threw stones at residents and homes. The stones hit two houses, shattered two security cameras and damaged two windowsills in one house. Again, soldiers fired live shots and tear gas canisters at village residents.