UN documents 29 settler attacks in West Bank in one week
The United Nations has documented 29 attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to its humanitarian office. The attacks occurred between November 11-17, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters, according to The Associated Press news agency.
The surge underscores escalating violence in the occupied territory. In October, the UN said the largest number of attacks in one month had taken place, since it began keeping records in the mid-2000s.
The attacks caused 11 injuries and damaged 10 homes, two mosques and nearly two dozen vehicles, Dujarric said. Crops, livestock and about 1,000 trees were also destroyed.
Israeli forces have killed more than 200 Palestinians in the West Bank this year, including 50 children, Dujarric said.
Palestine demands international protection after West Bank settler attacks
Palestine’s Foreign Ministry has condemned settler attacks across multiple cities in the occupied West Bank and called for urgent international intervention.
Settler militias attacked citizens in Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron on Friday, burning and destroying homes, demolishing property, and storming residential areas.
In a post on X, the ministry described the violence as “systematic terrorism” and part of a “dangerous and ongoing escalation” aimed at facilitating ethnic cleansing.
Settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have surged this year, with the week beginning November 11 registering 29 attacks. Israeli authorities rarely take measures to stop the violence or hold perpetrators to account.
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian man in occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem
Israeli forces have arrested a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. The arrest took place this morning when troops raided the home of Hamza al-Hattab, the Wafa news agency reported.
Israeli forces detain, interrogate dozens in Hebron: Report
Israeli forces have detained at least 30 people in Hebron city and the nearby town of Beit Ummar, reports the Wafa news agency.
In Beit Ummar, Israeli forces assaulted and interrogated dozens of people in the yard of a local brick factory, according to the agency. Israeli forces carried out similar interrogations in Hebron city, it added.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic also report that Israeli forces have imposed a strict curfew on several neighbourhoods in Hebron.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Hebron
Israeli settlers have again assaulted Palestinian farmers southeast of Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron area of the occupied West Bank.
Local activist Osama Makharma told Wafa news agency that Israelis from a nearby illegal settlement attacked members of the Nawajeh family in the Ashkara area, slashing the tyres of their tractors and throwing stones at them.
Settlers also attacked the homes of residents Mohammed and Saddam Abu Qbeita, pelting them with rocks and smashing a window of one of their houses.
Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid on West Bank town
Israeli soldiers raided the town of Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, wounding two Palestinians and arresting another, Wafa reports. Troops stormed the town with police dogs and remained for several hours, firing live rounds and large quantities of tear gas.
Two young men were shot in the legs and taken to Dura Governmental Hospital, while dozens of residents suffered tear gas inhalation and were treated on site.
Israeli forces also arrested a young man whose identity was not immediately known, Wafa added.
Israeli forces carry out raids, arrests in occupied West Bank towns
A 62-year-old Palestinian man was hospitalised after Israeli troops assaulted him during a raid on the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Israeli forces stormed the town, deployed snipers on rooftops, stopped women on the streets for questioning, and raided homes.
In a separate incident, soldiers arrested a child, Taym Atif Abbas, during an incursion in the nearby town of Zababdeh.
Separately, Israeli forces also raided al-Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas, entering with military vehicles and deploying soldiers in the market area, local residents said.
2 Palestinians wounded by live fire in Israeli raid on Qalqilya
Two Palestinians have been shot and wounded after Israeli forces raided the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank.
Troops entered from the eastern side of the city, stormed the Kafr Saba neighbourhood, and fired live rounds and tear gas, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources. The two men were hit in their lower limbs and transferred to a hospital.
Over the past two years, the Israeli army has used raids not only to kill resistance fighters and civilians but also to bulldoze any public infrastructure in its path. The Israeli government has also empowered Jewish settlers to attack Palestinian communities, as well.
