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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October 2024

8 October 2024 Ramin Incidents: 1

Ramin, Tulkarm District: Soldiers detained farmers and helped another soldier, known as a settler, destroy the olives they harvested
7 October 2024 Jamma'in Incidents: 1

Jamma’in, Nablus District: Settlers attacked two families of Palestinian olive harvesters with stones, clubs, and pepper spray, and vandalized cars
7 October 2024 Kh. a-Rahwah Incidents: 1

Khirbet a-Rahwah, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers invade two homes, destroy property and threaten occupants
6 October 2024 Burin Incidents: 1

Burin, Nablus District: Soldiers forced harvesters out of their land in Area B without the olives they picked
6 October 2024 Huwarah Incidents: 1

Huwarah, Nablus District: Settlers and a settlement guard stole olive sacks and other equipment
5 October 2024 a-Lubban al-Gharbiyah Incidents: 1

A-Lubban al-Gharbiyah, Ramallah District: Dozens of settlers attacked harvesters and Border Police attacked village residents
3 October 2024 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers attempted to break into Palestinian home, and threw stones at vehicle of Israeli activists alerted by the victims
3 October 2024 Kafr Qadum Incidents: 2

Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliyah District: Settlers and soldiers attacked harvesters and stole olives and equipment on two different occasions
2 October 2024 Huwarah Incidents: 2

Huwarah, Nablus District: A settlement guard and soldiers known as settlers attacked harvesters on their land
2 October 2024 Huwarah Incidents: 1

Huwarah, Nablus District: A settlement guard and soldiers that residents recognize as settlers attacked harvesters and stole some 15 kg of olives and other equipment
2 October 2024 Huwarah Incidents: 1

Huwarah, Nablus District: A settlement guard and soldiers that residents recognize as settlers attacked harvesters and stole some 15 kg of olives and other equipment
1 October 2024 Madama Incidents: 1

Madama, Nablus District: Settlers chased away olive harvesters and attacked homes with stones. Soldiers fired live shots that penetrated a home. The next day, soldiers punctured car tires

September 2024

30 September 2024 She'b al-Batem Incidents: 2

She'b al-Batem, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers vandalized olive trees belonging to Palestinians, forced out the harvesters and stole the crop
24 September 2024 Yasuf Incidents: 1

Yasuf, Nablus District: Israeli settlers blocked a road and attacked a Palestinian family’s car with stones
20 September 2024 Beit Furik Incidents: 1

Beit Furik, Nablus: Israeli settlers cut down 20 saplings on privately owned Palestinian land
20 September 2024 Deir Nizam Incidents: 1

Deir Nizam, Ramallah District: Settlers blocked a Palestinian family's path and pepper-sprayed them
16 September 2024 Badu al-Mu’arrajat east (Mleihat) Incidents: 1

Israeli settlers invaded a school in the Palestinian community of al-Mu’arrajat East (al-Mleihat) and assaulted activists, a student and the principal with sticks
14 September 2024 Hebron Incidents: 1

Hebron: Israeli settlers, escorted by soldiers, shot and threw stones at Palestinian homes in the dead of night
11 September 2024 Badu al-Mu’arrajat east (Mleihat) Incidents: 1

Badu a-Mu’arrajat East (Mleihat): Israeli settlers poisoned a flock of goats belonging to a Palestinian family, killing 83 goats
11 September 2024 Yatma Incidents: 1

Yatma, Nablus District: Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian house with stones and stole agricultural equipment from a storage room

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17 August 2026

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11 June 2026

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South Hebron Hills, January 2026: Increased Israeli effort to complete ethnic cleansing of Area C

18 May 2026

East Jerusalem

For the first time since 1967, Israel is expelling an entire Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem

5 May 2026

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A settler in military uniform shot and killed two Palestinian brothers as part of a settler attack on the village of Qaryut, Nablus District

1 April 2026

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Khallet a-Sidrah, al-Quds District: Shepherding community facing immediate expulsion

25 January 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Israeli settlers engage in animal brutality as part of ongoing assault on Palestinian communities

6 January 2026

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Wadi Ejheish, South Hebron Hills: Settlers attacked a home and tried to break in, smashed windows, pepper-sprayed six family members including a baby, slaughtered sheep and vandalized a car

9 November 2025

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Wadi Qatunyah (al-Khalayel area), Ramallah District: Israeli settlers broke into community homes, destroyed food, wreaked havoc and looted, while soldiers prevented the family from going home. Teenage settlers, escorted by soldiers, grazed their flock in

9 May 2025

Military and settler vehicles near the neighboring encampment. Photo courtesy of local residents

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The extended Abu Na’im family lives in Wadi Qatunyah, located in the al-Khalayel area, on lands belonging to the village of al-Mughayir. Three nuclear families make up the extended family: Rizeq Abu Na’im, 69, and his wife live next to their son Hamam, his wife Fatimah, and their children. Another married son, Ayham, lived with his wife and children in a nearby encampment until July 2024, when the family was forced out by settlers and soldiers who came from the direction of an outpost set up in April. They moved to a site closer to al-Mughayir. At the time, the extended family had already moved their flock closer to the village, fearing settlers would steal it, as they had from other Palestinians in the area. On Friday, 9 May 2025, around 9:00 A.M., while a man from the community was grazing a flock near the homes and his wife and children were buying vegetables from a traveling vendor who pulled over near a neighboring encampment, armed settlers arrived from a nearby outpost in a Toyota and on ATVs. They were soon joined by two military vehicles and headed toward the area where the husband was grazing the flock. He immediately moved the animals toward the nearby village and warned his wife not to return home yet, fearing an attack. Settler violence against Palestinians in the area had increased since the outpost was established. The rest of the family, along with protective presence activists, left the house and joined the mother and children.

About an hour later, the settlers and soldiers returned to the neighbor’s encampment where the family was staying. They detained the family members, confiscated an activist’s camera, and questioned the family and activists about stones allegedly thrown at the settler’s Toyota. At the same time, the mother received a call from her 13-year-old son, who told her that an ATV with settlers was approaching their home. The soldiers did not let the family return home. Meanwhile, some youths from the nearby village of al-Mughayir, who had heard what was happening, began advancing toward the area, and the soldiers flew a drone toward them. The soldiers and settlers remained in the area for about half an hour, wandering around the tents. Only after they left were the family members able to return home. On the way, they found the activist’s camera discarded and missing its battery and memory card. When they arrived home, they discovered that in their absence, settlers had broken into their tents, overturned furniture, spilled food, scattered and broken kitchenware, damaged property, and stolen a computer and phone belonging to the activists, as well as binoculars and a radio belonging to the family’s grandfather.

The next day, Saturday, 10 May 2025, around 3:00 P.M., two teenagers from the outpost brought their flock to graze near the community’s living area. After a while, the settler in the Toyota, another armed settler on an ATV, and a military vehicle joined them. The teenagers advanced with the flock toward the family.

Fatimah Abu Na’im, 31, a mother of five, gave the following testimony to B’Tselem field researcher Mohammad Romaneh:

The two teenagers came to where I was standing with the children. One of them, who spoke fluent Arabic, started asking about my flock. He asked for my son by name and said he was going to kill him. They started filming us with their phones and held them right up to our faces. When one of them came close to me with his phone, I tried to push him away. The two older settlers came over right away, and the one who was armed came up to me and tried to hit me with his gun. Two soldiers, who had come after the settlers, stopped him from hitting me, but instead, he hit the solidarity activist in the chest. The settlers stayed and continued to threaten and confront us until about 7:00 P.M. That whole time, the settler who was grazing the flock threatened us, and the soldiers laughed at us and made fun of us.
Our lives are now constantly in danger. The settlers come whenever they want, attack us, and no one stops them. The army and police who come to the area only protect them, which gives them legitimacy to continue. These attacks are meant to drive us out of the area. Since the attacks got worse, we really have started considering leaving, especially because the settlers have also threatened our children. For now, they’re ‘content’ with damaging our property and intimidating us, but we’re afraid the attacks will get to our children at any moment.

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