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 61-80 of 2015 updates. An update can cover more than one incident.

Incident type

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Locality

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Israeli forces present

During the olive harvest

Communities forcibly transferred or facing forced transfer

27 November 2025 Kh. Wadi a-Rakhim Incidents: 1

Wadi a-Rakhim, South Hebron Hills: Settlers caught on camera stealing a donkey from a residential yard

26 November 2025 Yatta Incidents: 1

Khallet al-Humos, Yatta outskirts, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family while they were working their land

25 November 2025 Silwad Incidents: 1

Silwad, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers broke into a vacation home on town land, stole and vandalized property

24 November 2025 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Settlers and soldiers forced Palestinian residents who were plowing their land, near their home, to leave

22 November 2025 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Shqarah, north of Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Settlers attacked farmers with stones, wounded one of them, damaged a tractor and shattered a window of a house

21 November 2025 'Ammuriyah Incidents: 1

‘Ammuriyah, Nablus District: Settlers broke into a residential construction site in Area A, set fire to six houses and extensive equipment and pepper sprayed the site guard

20 November 2025 Nab’ al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah) Incidents: 1

Nab’a al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah), Jordan Valley: Settler violated a restraining order and assaulted Palestinian shepherds in an attempt to prevent the flocks from going out to pasture; shepherds detained by additional settlers who arrived with the military

19 November 2025 Deir Ballut Incidents: 1

Deir Ballut, Salfit District: Settler youth attacked oliver harvesters with pepper spray, and an adult settler armed with a rifle drove them off the land

17 November 2025 Um al-Butum Incidents: 1

Um al-Butum, Wadi Sa’ir, Hebron District: Dozens of settlers attacked the community, injured women and a child and tried to set a house on fire with people inside

17 November 2025 al-Jab'ah Incidents: 1

al-Jaba', Bethlehem District: Dozens of settlers raided the village, attacked residents and homes with stones, injured a toddler, threw Molotov cocktails into houses, and vandalized and set vehicles and property on fire

16 November 2025 a-Taybah (Jening), Sinjil Incidents: 2

Sinjil and a-Taybah, Ramallah District: In two separate incidents featuring the same MO, settlers invaded two villages and vandalized vehicles within four days

15 November 2025 Qaffin Incidents: 1

Qaffin/Khirbet Farasin, Tulkarm/Jenin District: Settlers destroyed thousands of fruit trees

13 November 2025 Deir Istiya Incidents: 1

Deir Istiya, Salfit District: Settlers set fire to mosque and spray-painted hate slogans on its walls

11 November 2025 Deir Sharaf Incidents: 1

Sahel Deir Sharaf (Area B), Nablus District: Dozens of settlers attacked a factory and a shepherding community, torching trucks, cars, structures and food

9 November 2025 Kh. al-Fakhit Incidents: 1

Al-Fakhit, South Hebron Hills: Settlers tried to steal two sheep

9 November 2025 Kh. a-Taban Incidents: 1

A-Taban, South Hebron Hills: Settlers destroyed a fence and cut down 70 olive saplings

8 November 2025 Raba Incidents: 1

Raba, Jenin District: Dozens of settlers damaged property and attacked homes with stones in the outskirts of the village, in a region designated Area A by the Oslo Accords

7 November 2025 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Israeli settlers attacked a family with stones during the olive harvest and broke 14 olive trees

6 November 2025 Khallet a-Natash Incidents: 1

Khallet a-Natash, Hebron District: Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian homes and injured a six-year-old boy in the face

6 November 2025 Fasayil al-Wusta Incidents: 1

Fasayil al-Wusta, Jordan Valley: Israeli settlers erected a wire fence around the community’s homes, forcing most families to leave

Settler violence log

Masafer Bani Na’im, South Hebron Hills: Soldier known to locals as a settler blocked a family car, threatened family members, humiliated them and called in soldiers who arrested the father and son

11 October 2025

On Saturday, 11 October 2025, at around 4:00 P.M., a soldier known to residents as a settler nicknamed Milad, set up an improvised checkpoint about 100 meters from a family home in Masafer Bani Na’im and stopped a car in which a family was driving home.

The settler demanded to search the car, confiscated the driver’s license, ID card and cell phone, and began looking through the phone. He ordered the women to get out of the car, cursed the family members and threatened to sexually assault the driver.

The settler then called for reinforcements, and shortly afterward, two more soldiers arrived and arrested the driver and his father at the settler’s request. The two were taken to an army base, where they were held in a caravan and interrogated for about two hours by an Arabic speaker. While they were held there, the soldier continued to swear at them and threaten them.

They were then taken to the police station in Kiryat Arba. Shortly afterward, the police said there was no cause for arrest and ordered their release, but the soldiers took them to another military facility, where a soldier beat the driver, swore at him and threatened him. The two men were held at the facility until 11:00 P.M., and then released and left by the roadside near Hebron.

The driver had bruises all over his body, but sought medical treatment only several days later, after the pain in his chest did not subside.

Road blocking
Verbal confrontations and threats

Settler Violence = State Violence

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