Category: Israeli Settlement

Israeli occupation authorities issued new partial eviction orders on Tuesday targeting the homes of Salah and Na’im Maragha in the Baten al‑Hawa area of Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem. The orders…

by Jasper Diamond Nathaniel Settlers stage pogroms in the West Bank, Israel flirts with Nazis, Jewish leaders and institutions look away. On Tuesday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, as leaders and institutions…

Residents of Khirbet al‑Kharaba, a small Palestinian community southeast of the town of Samu’ near Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern region, were assaulted on Tuesday when groups of…

By Olla Moqudy — Published in Arabic by WAFA News: From the hilltops overlooking the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the central West Bank, the small community of Khirbet…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers launched various attacks on Monday evening in several areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting towns in Nablus, Hebron, and Ramallah. In the town of Qusra,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a large‑scale demolition at dawn in the Wadi al‑Juheir,  near the “Container” military roadblock, east of occupied Jerusalem, leveling six commercial structures and a horse…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, and military roadblock closures across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in Tulkarem…

UNRWA Commissioner‑General Philippe Lazzarini said on Sunday that Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank has reached “record levels.” In a statement, Lazzarini described the situation as “Israel’s silent war—one…

Israeli occupation authorities issued immediate demolition orders on Sunday targeting 14 Palestinian homes in the Al‑Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, south of Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of…

Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday forced two Palestinian families to carry out the self‑demolition of their homes in Jabal al‑Mukabber, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, and in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa…

Israeli occupation authorities issued a military order on Sunday morning mandating the forced displacement of a Bedouin community in al‑Mughayyir east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, and abducted…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a Palestinian home on Sunday in the eastern outskirts of Far’ata, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank. Resident Hijazi Yamin stated that a…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, abductions, and assaults across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, targeting communities in the northeastern, central, southern, and northern regions, while…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of violations across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, including invasions of towns and refugee camps, home incursions…

Two Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday evening as they tried to fend off an attack by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers on the Ma’azi Jaba’ community, north of occupied Jerusalem.…

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Friday, Fuad and Diab Omar al‑Jabour from the Huwara area in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, after the soldiers…

Israeli occupation forces carried out several invasions across the occupied West Bank on Friday, breaking into homes, restricting movement, and abducting Palestinians in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus. Illegal paramilitary Israeli…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out multiple assaults across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, targeting Palestinian communities in the northern Jordan Valley, the central West Bank, the northern West…

Two violent assaults by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinian Christian families in Ein ‘Arik and Birzeit within the same week have prompted urgent warnings from church leaders, who say…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers set fire on Wednesday night to several Palestinian homes in the Bedouin community of Khallet al‑Sidra, near Mikhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of new attacks on Wednesday across the northern Jordan Valley and Ramallah, in central West Bank, including invasions of Palestinian communities, the…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of attacks on Palestinian residents and property across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, including Salfit in the central…

A Palestinian man was injured on Tuesday morning after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted him in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.…

New Israeli report documents sweeping structural changes, expanded powers for Smotrich, and accelerated growth of illegal colonies. A coalition of leading Israeli human‑rights organizations has concluded, in a newly issued…

Israeli occupation authorities forced the Jerusalemite resident Jamal Gheith on Monday to demolish his own home in Silwan town, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of building without a…

Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and Agenda 2030 has opened a formal investigation into Israeli tourism companies suspected of promoting goods or services linked to Israeli colonies built…

Two children and a woman were injured on Sunday after groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, carried out a series of coordinated attacks against Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a coordinated series of invasions, home break‑ins, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated attacks in several…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers carried out numerous attacks resulting in the injury of several Palestinian citizens in the West Bank governorates of Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. Settlers invaded…

Fifteen Palestinian families were forced to leave the Al‑Auja Spring Bedouin hamlet north of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern part, early on Saturday, after sustained pressure, constant attacks,…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks on Friday across several areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting cemeteries, mosques, agricultural land, and Palestinian communities in…

A report from DropSite News and Forensic Architecture has revealed that a U.S.-led military coordination body is advancing plans for a tightly controlled residential zone in Gaza under full Israeli…

The United Nations Humanitarian Office OCHA issued a report Friday documenting attacks by Israeli paramilitary colonizers in the occupied West Bank that forced the displacement of about 100 Palestinian families…

Israeli forces escalated their field operations across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem over the past week, carrying out more than one thousand documented violations that included killings, abductions,…

Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break-ins, and abductions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in the northern, central, and southern regions,…

On Thursday, Israeli settlers in cooperation with occupation soldiers detained and abused citizens in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and wounded several Palestinians near Nablus, in the northern…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers and occupation forces carried out a coordinated series of violations across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including the establishment of new colonialist outposts, armed attacks…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a coordinated escalation across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, establishing new outposts near occupied Jerusalem and south of Nablus, attacking residents in Qusra…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a large‑scale arson attack at dawn on Wednesday in the village of Urif, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, destroying heavy…

Twenty Palestinian families from the Az‑Zayed tribe were forced on Monday evening to take down their homes and livestock shelters and leave the Shalal al‑Auja Bedouin community north of Jericho…

Israeli soldiers and armed paramilitary colonizers terrorized Palestinian civilians in the Jerusalem area and throughout the West Bank on Sunday, continuing a pattern of escalated attacks on Palestinian civilians by…

Illegal Israeli settlers carried out a number of attacks against Palestinians on Saturday, burning homes and vehicles, and injuring citizens and international activists in the occupied West Bank. Israeli colonizers…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out multiple attacks on Palestinian residents in the central and northern West Bank on Friday, assaulting families, invading hilltops, and operating under the protection of…

The European Union urged Israel on Friday to halt the E1 colonial project and freeze additional large‑scale colonialist schemes in and around occupied Jerusalem, warning that the plans would further…

Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old child on Friday, while illegal colonizers carried out an incursion into the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank.…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers assaulted a Palestinian farmer on Friday morning in the al‑Mas’udiyya area northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, forcing him off his land and…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers intensified their attacks on Friday in the southern areas of al‑Mughayyer, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, firing live ammunition and invading Palestinian…

On Thursday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted an elderly Palestinian man in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and erected five caravans near Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out multiple attacks across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, targeting education staff, agricultural land, and residential areas in Tubas in the northeastern West Bank…

Israeli occupation forces continued large‑scale bulldozing of Palestinian‑owned land in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, on Monday, marking the…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers conducted multiple attacks on Palestinian shepherds and Bedouin communities across the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Local activist Osama Makhamra said a group of colonizers assaulted…

Israeli occupation forces bulldozed agricultural land in the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, on Sunday, as part of an ongoing campaign of…

Israeli forces shot two young men on Sunday night in Ath-Thahiriya town, southwest of Hebron, and wounded others earlier during their suppression of a peaceful anti-colonization protest in the same…

The Jerusalem Governorate said on Sunday that Israel’s “Planning and Construction Committee” in occupied Jerusalem is preparing to advance two major colonial construction plans that would significantly alter the landscape…

The United Nations says violence by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers has become a defining feature of life across the occupied West Bank, reshaping daily routines, uprooting entire communities and deepening…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers assaulted a young man and stole his vehicle near Salfit and stole livestock and a vehicle near Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank. In…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank between Thursday night and early Friday morning, torching vehicles, burning a classroom inside a…

An elderly Palestinian was among several people injured on Thursday afternoon when illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Al‑Junaidi agricultural nursery and the surrounding area near Deir Sharaf, northwest of…

Israeli occupation authorities have seized 694 dunams of Palestinian land belonging to the towns of Kafr Thulth in Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part, in addition to Deir…

Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian man on Wednesday evening after he was injured during an assault carried out by armed illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers in the town of as‑Samu’,…

Illegal Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian citizens, including an elderly man on Wednesday, in the area between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the central West…

Two Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers opened fire on residents of Rashaida village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, before Israeli soldiers later…

Israel’s Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the West Bank in December 2025 – The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) In December 2025, the Israeli Occupying…

The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission reported that Israeli occupation authorities seized an additional 47 dunams of Palestinian land on Monday from Al‑Fandaqumiya and Silat ath‑Thaher in Jenin, and Burqa…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of attacks, land seizures, home takeovers, and agricultural destruction across the occupied West Bank on Monday, targeting communities in occupied Jerusalem, Salfit…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinian residents on Saturday in the al‑Hamma area of the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses reported that a group of colonizers…

On Saturday, illegal Israeli colonizers shot a Palestinian child near Bethlehem and attacked citizens and their properties in several areas of the occupied West Bank. Media sources reported that an…

The Ibrahimi Mosque, one of the most ancient and revered holy sites in Islam, has had its municipal governorship taken over by the Israeli military, in direct violation of international…

On Thursday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers demolished two agricultural structures and stole their contents in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, while another group chased Palestinian residents and attempted to assault…

Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple invasions, home break‑ins, and abductions across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, while illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated attacks on Palestinian communities, vehicles, and…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers plowed Palestinian-owned land on Wednesday morning in the Bedouin village of Shallal al‑Auja, north of Jericho in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, in…

The Israeli Knesset has approved legislation ordering the immediate cutoff of electricity and water to offices and properties used by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

Rulings threaten dozens of Palestinian families in Baten al‑Hawa, in Silwan town in occupied Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, as the Ateret Cohanim colonialist organization pushes for expanded colonial…

A child and an elderly man were injured on Monday evening after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers violently assaulted them in the Khalayel al‑Louz area, east of Bethlehem in the occupied…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Bedouin community of Khallet ad‑Sidra on Monday evening near the town of Mikhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and cut trees. The Jerusalem Governorate reported…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, at dawn on Sunday and set fire to a Palestinian vehicle in…

On Sunday evening, Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked the Bedouin community of Khallet as‑Sidra, near the town of Mikhmas northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, vandalizing residents’ property.…

On Sunday, Israeli violations of international law continued throughout the West Bank, including military invasions, paramilitary colonizer attacks, forced removal of Palestinians from their homes, and abductions of Palestinian civilians.…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated coordinated attacks across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out invasions, abductions, home break‑ins, road closures, and assaults on Palestinian…

Several Palestinians suffered from severe tear‑gas inhalation, Friday, after Israeli occupation forces invaded the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, triggering protests across multiple…

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of invasions, across the Hebron district, abducting an elderly man, a woman, and four children from the towns of Yatta and Beit Ummar.…

On Thursday, Israeli forces demolished a home and a playground, while colonizers razed land and burned a bulldozer in the Bethlehem and Ramallah governorates of the occupied West Bank. Occupation…

On Thursday, Israeli forces shot a 17-year old child near Nablus in the northern West Bank, and a young man in Ar-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem. An infant was…

The Israeli army acknowledged on Thursday evening that a reserve soldier was responsible for shooting Palestinians and ramming another man who was praying along a roadside in the Palestinian village…

Israeli occupation forces uprooted dozens of olive trees on Thursday in the northwestern area of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank. Local sources said Israeli…

Fourteen countries — including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan — condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent decision to authorize new illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank, urging…

Israeli authorities, backed by police units and special forces, demolished the tents and structures of the unrecognized Palestinian village of al‑Arakib in the Naqab (Negev) region on Wednesday, marking the…

Three Palestinians were injured late Monday night after illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the town of al‑Samu’, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, attacking homes and livestock in…

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition notices on Monday for six under‑construction Palestinian homes in the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Journalist Omar Fatafta…

Israeli occupation forces demolished a multi‑story residential building in the Wadi Qaddum area of Ras al‑Amoud in Silwan, south of the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, early Monday morning, displacing…

A surge of coordinated violence and military activity swept across the occupied West Bank on Monday, as illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out shootings, assaults, and large‑scale incursions into the…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers, accompanied by Israeli far‑right “Minister of Settlements” Orit Strock, invaded the Tarousa area between Dura and Deir Samet in the western Hebron district, in the occupied…

Israeli occupation bulldozers razed dozens of dunams of Palestinian agricultural land on Sunday morning north of the village of Yasuf, adjacent to the illegal Israeli colony of Tapuach, east of…

Israeli occupation forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out widespread violations across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, including home invasions, abductions, shootings, among them the killing of two…

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks across multiple West Bank villages on Saturday, invading residential areas, targeting Palestinian vehicles, and damaging property in Ramallah, Nablus,…

The head of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Minister Muayyad Sha’ban, warned that Israel has begun a new phase of colonial expansion southeast of occupied Jerusalem, converting the small…

Illegal Israeli colonizers rammed a Palestinian young man with their vehicle, on Thursday night, after storming the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources reported that illegal settlers infiltrated…

Israeli  occupation forces carried out widespread invasions, home break‑ins, abductions, assaults, and movement restrictions across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting communities in Hebron, Qalqilia, Tulkarem,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Thursday condemned the “escalating campaign of organized terror by illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers against Palestinian civilians,” including physical assaults, arson targeting…