Palestinian report: 1,965 attacks carried out by Israeli forces and settlers in February
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A man takes a look at a damaged car as the town of Susiya sustained heavy damage following an attack by Israelis in the Hebron governorate of the West Bank, on February 25
The head of the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, said that Israeli forces and settlers carried out a total of 1,965 attacks during February, continuing a series of ongoing violence by the occupation state against the Palestinian people, their land, and property.
Shaaban explained in the commission’s monthly report, carried by the Palestinian news agency WAFA on Tuesday, that the Israeli army carried out 1,454 attacks, while settlers carried out 511.
He added that the majority of the attacks were concentrated in Hebron governorate with 421 incidents, followed by Nablus with 340, Ramallah and al-Bireh with 320, and Jerusalem with 210.
He said the attacks included physical assaults, uprooting trees, burning fields, seizing property, and demolishing homes and agricultural facilities. He added that Israeli forces continued to close large areas of Palestinian land on security grounds, while settlers were being enabled to expand their activities.
Shaaban said that these escalating violations confirm that what is happening is not isolated incidents, but rather an organized methodology aimed at emptying the land of its owners and imposing a comprehensive racist settlement system.
Two Palestinians killed in settler attack on Qaryut village near Nablus
Two Palestinian brothers were killed and several others wounded after armed settlers attacked the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, on Tuesday, according to medical and local sources. Medical officials confirmed the deaths of Muhammad Taha Muammar, 25, and Fahim Taha Muammar, 48, following what residents described as a violent assault by dozens of settlers.
Eyewitnesses told local media that armed settlers carrying rifles and iron bars stormed homes in the southern part of the village and opened fire on residents. At least five people were injured in the attack. Two of the wounded, reported to be in critical condition, later succumbed to their injuries.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its crews treated several gunshot casualties, including individuals shot in the head. Among the injured were a 30-year-old man with a shoulder wound, a 32-year-old man with a knee injury, and a 15-year-old boy who sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
The incident comes amid a broader escalation in violence across the West Bank since the outbreak of Israel’s genocide in Gaza in October 2023. According to Palestinian sources, Israel killed more than 1,100 Palestinians in the West Bank during this period, wounded nearly 11,700 others and arrested around 22,000.
The escalation has also been accompanied by an increase in house demolitions, land confiscations and the displacement of Bedouin communities, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
