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SvennoJ on 25 May 2025
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Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers, set fire to West Bank home

Wafa has more details on the Israeli settler attack on Bruqin, west of Salfit.

The agency is reporting that settlers set fire to the home of Yafi Barakat, a local Palestinian resident, and that Israeli soldiers who accompanied the assailants fired live bullets and tear gas at residents who tried to stop the attack.

Israeli soldiers also raided the nearby villages of Yasouf and Iskaka.

Wafa is also reporting that Israeli soldiers shot a 16-year-old, injuring his foot, during a raid on the Old City of Nablus. He was taken to hospital.

Israeli forces also fired tear gas and sound bombs in the area.


Two teenagers arrested in Bethlehem, Israeli raids hit Ramallah towns

At least two Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli soldiers in the town of al-Khader, located south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. An unnamed security source cited by the Wafa news agency said two 16-year-old boys were arrested by soldiers who raided their family homes.

Israeli forces also raided several towns and villages, as well as the Jalazone refugee camp, located in Ramallah and the el-Bireh governorate, this morning. No arrests have been reported so far.


Israeli forces arrest 11 Palestinians in occupied West Bank

We reported earlier how two Palestinian teenagers were arrested this morning in Bethlehem during raids on their family homes by Israeli forces. The Palestinian prisoners’ Asra Media Office has now confirmed those arrests, along with nine more.

Four other young men were arrested during dawn raids on their homes in Qabatiya, south of Jenin. Two arrests took place in Hebron, one in Nablus, one in Ramallah, and another in Tulkarem.



Israeli settlers more ‘organised’ in West Bank attacks, outpost expansion

Israeli settler attacks on both built-up Palestinian villages and remote Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank have become increasingly frequent and organised, according to Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim, who cited recent attacks in Bruqin, where a Palestinian home was set on fire, and in al-Mughayyir near Ramallah.

“They [settlers] have been attacking Palestinian Bedouin communities day and night,” Ibrahim said, noting that settlers often let their sheep graze on Palestinian land as a form of encroachment. “The Bedouins feel they’ve been left alone by everyone – by the Palestinian government and the international community.”

Ibrahim explained that settlers typically begin by establishing West Bank outposts that are not recognised even by the Israeli government, but gain formal recognition over time.

“So, the settlers basically create reality on the ground – not just among the Bedouin communities but all across villages and towns in the occupied West Bank,” she said. “It’s all under one goal – to grab as much land as possible.”


A Palestinian inspects the damage after an attack by Israeli settlers, in Sinjil, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, April 23