Updates

New report: The Elimination Project - Israel’s Systematic Dismantling of Palestinian Collective Life in the West Bank

Since Israel’s current government took office late 2022, and especially since October 2023, the assault on Palestinian life in the West Bank has intensified. Palestinians face soldiers’ and armed settlers’ violence, arrest, abuse and death. Drawing on 2,000+ testimonies and 30 years’ documentation, the report presents these harms as a mechanism that dismantles the conditions for Palestinian existence while deepening Jewish control and supremacy. Read more...

14 September 2026

Communities Facing Expulsion

Israel continues demolishing Masafer Yatta communities, demolishing all the homes in the northern section of Khirbet al-Fakhit and a home in Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’

On Tuesday morning, 8 September 2026, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers arrived at Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta and demolished five homes belonging to four families. The forces then continued north to Khallet a-Dabe’, where they demolished the home of another family. All five families were left homeless. Six days earlier, forces had demolished the homes of 12 families in nearby Khirbet a-Taban, leaving 70 people homeless. Photo by Nasser Nawajaa, B'Tselem.

9 September 2026

Open-Fire Policy

Without warning and in the absence of any danger: Israeli forces fired at cars in Tammun and Hebron, killing nine people, including two children and a seven-month-old baby

Over a six-month period, from early December 2025 to early June 2026, Israeli armed forces in the West Bank killed nine people, including two children aged five and six, and a seven-month-old infant, in five separate incidents in which they fired without warning at cars carrying Palestinians in residential areas, even though they posed no threat.

7 September 2026

Communities Facing Expulsion

Civil Administration demolishes all homes in Khirbet a-Taban, Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, without warning, attempting to expel the community

On Wednesday, 2 Sept., Civil Administration personnel arrived at the community of Khirbet a-Taban, in Masafer Yatta, with a military escort and diggers and demolished all 12 homes in the community leaving the residents homeless. This is the 66th Palestinian community Israel has expelled since October 2023, in addition to 18 communities that have been partially expelled.

2 September 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Stealing the poor man’s lamb: As part of efforts to take over land in the West Bank, settlers steal sheep and goat flocks, often with assistance from the military, severely harming herders’ livelihoods

As part of the broad offensive on all aspects of Palestinian existence in the West Bank waged by Israel since October 2023 through official forces and settlers, attacks on Palestinians who make their living raising sheep, goats and cattle have intensified, and livestock theft has become routine. In the first five months of 2026, B’Tselem documented 17 incidents of livestock theft from Palestinians. In eight of the incidents, soldiers watched over the settlers as they stole the animals.

17 August 2026

The Gaza Strip

Amid the ongoing genocide, Gaza’s food crisis worsens with closure of World Central Kitchen centers

Immediately after the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza. In the months that followed, it intermittently barred the entry of food and water through land crossings under its control. It also destroyed most of the civilian infrastructure for food production and distribution. The aid Israel has allowed in, following international pressure, has been severely inadequate for the population’s needs...

15 July 2026

Minors

New report: Unshielded Childhood - Palestinian children and teens killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025

Since 7 October 2023, Israel has waged a wide-ranging assault on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank, violating human rights across the board including the most fundamental of all: the right to life. By 7 June 2026, Israeli forces had killed 235 Palestinian children and teens there, and settlers killed five more. Here, we bring you the stories of all 54 Palestinian children and teens killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025.

29 June 2026

The Gaza Strip

Extreme rodent infestation in Gaza putting millions at risk

Israel’s deliberate devastation of the Gaza Strip’s built environment, including water and sanitation infrastructure, has forced millions into inhumane living conditions. One result is a severe health and sanitation crisis that will affect the lives of Gazans for many years to come, even if immediate rehabilitation steps are taken now. Over the past few months, an extreme outbreak of rats and pests has been documented in displacement camps...

4 June 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Qusrah, Talfit and Jalud, Nablus District: Residents of three villages subjected to extreme settler violence since a new outpost was established between them

On 21 January 2026, settlers established the outpost of Tel Talpiyot at the top of a hill known as Jabal ‘Ein ‘Ena on Talfit village land. The spot, which lies deep within Area B in the midst of Palestinian villages, is far from Area C and has had no previous settler presence. Since then, the villages of Talfit, Qusrah and Jalud have been suffering from severe violence at their hands...

27 May 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Two Palestinians killed by gunfire and another apparently died from tear gas inhalation in a combined settler and soldier attack on the village of Khirbet Abu Falah

On Sunday, 8 March 2026, at around 1:15 A.M., a group of about 15 to 20 settlers, most of them masked and armed with sticks and stones, arrived in an area known as al-Widadat in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, defined as Area B under the Oslo Accords. The settlers spread out on a hill about 200 meters northeast of the vacant Husam Qasem Farm. The owners, residents of the village, were forced to abandon the farm several months earlier due to settler harassment. Meanwhile, residents from the village began arriving in the area, and a group of about 15 of them gathered roughly 40 meters away from the settlers...

12 May 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Settlers attacked homes in Qusrah and fired at village residents who tried to fend them off, killing one, injuring two, and beating and stabbing another

On Saturday, 14 March 2026, at around 3:45 P.M., a group of settlers went to the western outskirts of the village of Qusrah in Nablus District and began attacking homes with stones. The settlers also fired several shots at residents. Village residents contacted the Palestinian DCO and the police, and shortly afterwards a military force arrived, including two military jeeps and a white vehicle. The settlers backed away in the direction of the outpost of Tel Talpiyot, which was set up this year in an area known as Jabal ‘Ein ‘Ayna. The military force drove after them.

11 May 2026

East Jerusalem

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

For the first time since the 1967 occupation, Israel is expelling an entire Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Silwan area, located near the "Holy Basin," the Temple Mount, and al-Aqsa Mosque, is home to many archaeological and historical sites of exceptional significance. As of April 2026, approximately 1,800 residents in Silwan are under threat of expulsion, after hundreds have already been uprooted and left homeless in the past two years...

5 May 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

A settler in military uniform shot and killed a farmer after settlers invaded his family’s land

On Saturday, 7 March 2026, at around 4:00 P.M., farmers from Khirbet Wadi a-Rakhim noticed four settlers on grazing a herd of cattle on their privately-owned farmland. The settlers were carrying clubs and sticks. The farmers called the police and approached the settlers. They started filming them, shouted at them to leave, and tried to drive them and their cattle away from the crops. A confrontation broke out between the settlers and the residents, some of whom were carrying sticks and pipes, during which Muhammad Shinaran was injured. According to right-wing media outlets, one of the settlers was also injured.

30 April 2026

Open-Fire Policy

Soldiers shot at young Palestinians on a social outing in a car, killed the driver, injured the passengers and beat them

On Wednesday, 28 December 2025, at around 7:20 P.M., Qays ‘Allan, 20, from the village of ‘Einabus in Nablus District, drove three of his friends in his car. The four young men drove toward ‘Allan’s home, which is in the western part of the village, and stopped at a grocery store along the way to buy snacks and soft drinks. When they were about 500 meters away from the house, a bright light suddenly shone on them from the other side of the road, as though someone were signaling to them with a flashlight...

1 April 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

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

On Monday, 2 March 2026, at around 12:00 P.M., several settlers and a settlement guard known to local Palestinian residents arrived with a backhoe at Qaryut farmland, and began working on private land belonging to village residents. About seven residents who heard the noise the settlers were making gathered at a spot overlooking the land, near their homes on the edge of the village. They watched what was happening from there and shouted at the settlers...

1 April 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Settlers harassed Palestinian shepherds in Mikhmas and in ensuing clashes, killed a local teen and stole hundreds of sheep with soldiers securing them

On Wednesday, 18 February 2026, the second day of Ramadan, at around 2:00 P.M., two settlers led a herd of cattle to two sheep farms on the outskirts of the village of Mikhmas, southeast of the city of Ramallah. The settlers, one of them about 15 years old, chased after 'Ayed Abu ‘Ali, 52, the owner of one of the farms, who was grazing his sheep near it. The teen threatened Abu ‘Ali and his flock with a stick, while the other settler filmed what was happening. The two then threw stones at Abu ‘Ali and the sheep. At that point, Abu ‘Ali’s son Mu’aiad, 22, arrived and tried to protect his father and the flock...

1 April 2026

The Military Courts

Israel turning execution of Palestinians into official state policy

The death penalty bill, which enjoys broad support from the Israeli public, passed last night in the Knesset. The Israel Prison Service has already begun preparing designated facilities for execution. B'Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak: "Israel is reaching a new low in the dehumanization of Palestinians, enshrining their cruel treatment in state law. It already kills Palestinians systematically and faces no demands for accountability. Under the leadership of top ministers, the Israeli system is day by day becoming a system that normalizes the killing and injury of human beings."...

31 March 2026

East Jerusalem

Ongoing ethnic cleansing: Home demolitions, expulsion and dispossession in Silwan

The Silwan area, located south of the Old City of Jerusalem and annexed to the city’s municipal boundaries, is home to some 20,000 Palestinian residents. Its unique location next to the Old City, near al-Aqsa Mosque for Palestinians and the Temple Mount for Jews, puts it at the forefront of the Israeli regime’s campaign of dispossession...

22 March 2026

Open-Fire Policy

Israeli soldiers shot from inside armored jeep and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian who had tried to throw a stone at them from several dozen meters away

On Friday, 16 January 2026, at around 9:20 A.M., a group of Israeli settlers led a flock of sheep onto privately-owned Palestinian land on the southern side of the village of al-Mughayir, about 300-350 meters from the village homes. About 10 minutes later, residents arrived from the direction of the village and threw stones at the settlers to drive them away. A few minutes later, soldiers entered the village through the eastern entrance, which leads to Route 458 (Alon Road). The military blocked this entrance shortly before 7 October 2023, and it has since been used only by military forces. The force advanced to the area south of the village and moved both the settlers and the residents from the spot.

18 March 2026

Open-Fire Policy

Soldiers in ambush fire at two young Palestinian men who were on their way home, killing Muhammad Nasrallah, 17, in the town of a-Dhahiriyah

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at around 6:00 P.M., three military jeeps drove along a road near the old Halal market in the town of a-Dhahiriyah, Hebron District. Soldiers who got out of the vehicles set up an ambush in a yard with olive trees on one of the streets in the area. At about the same time, Muhammad Nasrallah, 17, and his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, 18, left to visit a friend who lives near the market. At around 8:00 P.M., they decided to go to Muhammad’s house. The two went their usual route, taking a shortcut via a dirt path, which ends at a stone wall separating it from the road. According to Hassan Nasrallah, the two did not know there were military forces in the area and did not see the soldiers, who were hiding among the olive trees on the other side of the street.

15 March 2026

Settler Violence = State Violence

Under cover of the war with Iran: Settler militias are increasing their lethal shooting of Palestinians as part of the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

Over the past week, settler militias shot and killed four Palestinians and injured at least 15 others with live fire in a series of attacks across the West Bank.In the early hours of Sunday, March 8, settler militias raided the village of Khirbet Abu Falah and shot and killed Fare’ Jawdat Abu Nurah (57). Military forces joined the attack and shot and killed Thaer Faruq Hamayel (30). Additionally, the military fired massive quantities of tear gas into the village.

10 March 2026