On Thursday, groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers launched coordinated assaults across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, wounding civilians, uprooting agricultural land, and attempting livestock theft, further intensifying their serious violations under military protection.
In the northern Jordan Valley, armed colonizers opened fire on Palestinian shepherds in the Jabbaris area in an apparent attempt to forcibly expel them from their grazing lands.
Local sources confirmed that settlers discharged live rounds at civilians tending their livestock. Residents in the area face persistent threats, including physical attacks, tent raids, livestock theft and slaughter, and deliberate denial of access to pastures.
Elsewhere, colonizers released their livestock into residential zones of Shallal Al-Awja village, north of Jericho, in a provocative move designed to undermine the local community’s security and stability.
The Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights stated that this violation is part of a daily pattern of settler provocations aimed at imposing colonial control and triggering forced displacement. The group warned that continued settler harassment is eroding the social and economic resilience of vulnerable Palestinian communities.
In the central West Bank, colonizers assaulted the eastern outskirts of Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, attempting to steal sheep belonging to resident Anees Abu Alya.
The incident occurred in the Marj Si’ meadow between Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah villages. Villagers confronted the attackers and successfully repelled them.
The area has witnessed an alarming rise in settler aggression, including arson attacks on farmland and widespread property destruction, especially after the recent establishment of a colonial outpost nearby.
In the southern West Bank, attacks continued in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Armed colonizers, backed by Israeli military forces, assaulted civilian homes in the Shuab al-Batem area.
Media activist Osama Makhamra reported that settlers hurled stones at windows, solar panels, and residences, wounding elderly woman Sabha Al-Najjar, who sustained bruises and contusions and was transferred to Yatta Government Hospital for treatment.
The colonizers came from colonizers from the illegal Mitzpe Yair and Avigayil colonialist outposts, built on stolen Palestinian lands, and attacked the homes of Palestinian families, vandalizing furniture and destroying its contents.
The colonizers also invaded the residence of Mahmoud Mousa Al-Najjar in the same area, causing damage.
In a separate assault, colonizers targeted the home of Mohammad Abdul-Rahman Al-Jabbarin, throwing stones at residents and injuring a foreign solidarity activist in the foot. The activist’s mobile phone was reportedly stolen during the attack.
A large contingent of Israeli occupation forces is currently deployed in Shuab al-Batem, reinforcing the colonizers’ presence and further escalating tensions in the area.
Makhamra noted that such assaults are now a daily occurrence, with settlers routinely targeting residents, homes, and agricultural lands.
In a separate incident in the village of Susya, also in Masafer Yatta, the colonizers invaded Palestinian land and uprooted more than 40 fruit-bearing grape trees belonging to farmer Nasser Nawaj’a.
The colonizers also threw stones at his home and physically assaulted him. These attacks reflect a larger campaign targeting Palestinian agricultural livelihoods and property across the South Hebron Hills and the broader West Bank, where colonizers operate with impunity under the protection of Israeli forces.
In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of colonizers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police escort.
Eyewitnesses reported that settlers invaded the area in coordinated groups, performed religious rituals, and conducted provocative tours through the compound, accompanied by Israeli soldiers and police officers.
In a related development, Israeli police summoned two prominent Jerusalemite women, Khadija Khweiss and Hanadi Halawani, for interrogation.
Both have previously faced repeated arrests, detentions, and bans from entering the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque due to their steadfast presence and activism at the site.
