Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated assaults across the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, December 17, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
The violations targeted multiple Palestinian communities, religious sites, and private lands, reflecting a systematic escalation of settler violence.
Ramallah District:
In the morning, colonizers attacked the outskirts of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
Local sources reported armed groups advancing toward the village, sparking fear among residents.
No injuries were immediately confirmed, but the assault underscored the constant threat facing rural communities.
Also, Israeli colonizers attacked the village of Ein Yabrud, east of Ramallah, setting fire to two Palestinian vehicles and scrawling racist slogans on walls.
Local sources reported that groups of colonizers stormed the Old Quarter of the village, torching the cars and painting hate graffiti before residents confronted them, forcing their withdrawal.
In Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers and colonizers uprooted dozens of trees and farmlands near Palestinian homes at the main entrance of the village.
Local sources said the trees and lands are owned Palestinians from the Tamimi family, and added that the soldiers also fired live round and gas bombs at Palestinians who tried to stop the attacks.
Salfit District:
Late last night and continuing into the early hours of today, dozens of colonizers invaded Islamic shrines in Kifl Haris near the central West Bank city of Salfit.
Occupation forces sealed the town, closed shops, blocked roads, and enabled the colonizers to stay in the area until dawn.
The incursion included vandalism of water meters and stone‑throwing at homes.
In Salfit city, Israeli colonizers attempted to storm another mosque, throwing stones and shouting threats before being escorted out by occupation forces.
Jerusalem – Al‑Aqsa Mosque:
In occupied Jerusalem, 689 colonizers stormed Al‑Aqsa Mosque courtyards under heavy police and army accompaniment.
Palestinians faced severe restrictions at the gates, with occupation forces tightening entry measures to obstruct worshippers, preventing hundreds of residents, especially young men from entering the holy site.
Hebron – Tal Ma’in Archaeological Site:
Dozens of colonizers, escorted by heavy military forces, invaded Tal Ma’in in al‑Karmel, south of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.
Soldiers sealed off the area, occupied rooftops, and confined residents indoors. Colonizers erected a menorah near the ancient olive press and Roman palace, asserting control over the heritage site.
Jericho and Jordan Valley:
In the northern Jordan Valley, colonizers began fencing off privately owned Palestinian lands in Khirbet al‑Hadidiya.
The lands are registered to Palestinian families, and the fencing aims to encircle homes and suffocate the community’s presence.
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Colonizers intensified harassment of Bedouin families in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, forcing several households to abandon their tents and livestock areas.
In Al-Awja and al-Ka’abna communities, colonizer groups carried out direct intimidation attacks, approaching tents, attacking livestock areas, and threatening families, which led to the displacement of households who could no longer remain safely in their traditional grazing grounds.
Nablus:
Olive groves near the northern West Bank city of Nablus were uprooted, with colonizers claiming the land as part of colonialist expansion.
These assaults are part of a broader pattern of organized colonizer violence carried out under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
Recent weeks have seen repeated attacks including the burning of Palestinian property, direct assaults on shepherds, closure of secondary roads, and invasions of multiple villages across the West Bank.
On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli colonizer shot and killed a Palestinian child following the funeral of a child killed the previous day, in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.
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Media sources reported that the child, Moheeb Ahmad Jibril (16 years old) was killed after he was shot by an illegal Israeli colonizer.
The Mayor of Tuqu’ town, Mohammad al-Badan, reported that following the funeral for the slain Ammar Yasser Mohammad Ta’amra, 16, in the town, an Israeli settler opened fire at citizens.
