Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out multiple coordinated attacks on Palestinian communities across the Nablus, Jenin, and Bethlehem districts on Monday, while Israeli forces uprooted dozens of fruit-bearing trees for the second consecutive day and assaulted the head of a village council during an invasion of Beit Dajan.
Colonizers Attack Homes and Municipal Workers in Beita, Set Up Tents in Jalud
Media sources reported that groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers an area on the outskirts of Beita, south of Nablus, where they attacked Palestinian homes and damaged private property.
Colonizers also targeted Beita Municipality crews working to repair a water line in the Qamas area, obstructing the work, and threatening the staff.
In a separate attack, colonizers attacked the home of Nayef Mousa Musallam in Khirbet al-Marajim, part of the lands of Duma village, damaging his water meter and attempting to intimidate the family.
Meanwhile, another group of colonizers erected tents in the ath-Thaher area east of Jalud, in what local residents described as a clear step toward seizing the land and expanding a nearby colony.
The colonizers also gathered around a Palestinian home in Jalud, and hurled stone at the property, causing damage.
كاميرا مراقبة توثق هجوم مستوطنين بالحجارة على منزل فلسطيني في قرية جالود جنوب نابلس وأهالي المنزل يحاولون التصدي لهم pic.twitter.com/nXyqI5ZQqe
— ا لـحـدث (@AlHadath) April 20, 2026
Israeli Forces Uproot Dozens of Trees in Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
For the second day in a row, Israeli military bulldozers uprooted large numbers of olive and almond trees in the agricultural plain of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
Local sources said the bulldozers destroyed dozens of productive trees near the girls’ secondary school and the village’s main entrance and leveled more than 10 dunams of farmland.
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On Sunday, the occupation forces uprooted more than 250 fruit-bearing trees in the same area and bulldozed over 10 additional dunams of cultivated land.
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Soldiers Assault Head of Beit Dajan Village Council
In Beit Dajan, east of Nablus, Israeli soldiers assaulted the head of the village council, Azem Haj Mohammad, during an invasion of the community.
Witnesses said the soldiers beat him and smashed his vehicle before withdrawing from the area.
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Demolition Notices for Shops in Jaba’, South of Jenin
In Jaba’, south of Jenin, Israeli forces issued demolition notices targeting several shops along the town’s main road.
Among those notified was Omar al-Samman, whose shops were ordered demolished under the pretext of being near the colony of Tarsila, which colonizers formally reoccupied on Sunday.
Colonizers Block Main Road in Tuqu’, Southeast of Bethlehem
Later in the evening, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers blocked the main road in Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, obstructing Palestinian traffic, raising Israeli flags in the middle of the roadway, and using powerful handheld floodlights to target and intimidate Palestinian drivers.
مشاهد أخرى توثّق اعتداء مستوطنين على مركبات فلسطينيين في بلدة تقوع، جنوب شرق بيت لحم. pic.twitter.com/U3Hcz6RwXi
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) April 20, 2026
Demolition in Jericho
In related news, Israeli soldiers demolished a residential structure and a barn in the Abu Dahouk area near the Industrial Zone, east of Jericho.
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All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits collective punishment and acts of terror against civilian populations.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.
Articles 53 and 147, prohibit the destruction of civilian property and classify pillage as a war crime.
