Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of coordinated attacks on Wednesday across several areas of the occupied West Bank, setting fire to Palestinian lands, destroying agricultural property, and releasing livestock around Palestinian homes as part of ongoing efforts to seize land and expand colonial outposts.
In the town of Beita, south of Nablus in northern West Bank, colonizers invaded the “Ein ‘Olim” area east of the town and set fire to Palestinian‑owned lands surrounding a local waste site, causing damage to agricultural areas, and posing a threat to nearby homes and fields.
Local sources reported that the attack was part of repeated attempts by colonizers to pressure residents and expand colonial control around the hilltops overlooking the town.
In the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, colonizers invaded the western area of the village and carried out widespread destruction on Palestinian‑owned lands.
They destroyed the barbed‑wire fencing surrounding the property of Palestinian citizen Ali Mousa Abu Dayya and stole several metal corner posts.
Residents reported that colonizer attacks in recent weeks have sharply escalated, including assaults on shepherds, the theft of livestock, and the installation of a communications tower intended to facilitate the seizure of additional land and the expansion of the main road at the expense of Palestinian property.
In the “Osh‑Ghorab” area east of Bethlehem, colonizers transported large concrete blocks to reinforce and expand an illegal colonial outpost established on Palestinian stolen land in Beit Sahour.
Residents stated that the placement of these concrete structures is part of a broader plan to entrench the outpost and prevent Palestinians from accessing their lands.
In the town of Kafr ed‑Deek, west of Salfit in the central West Bank, colonizers invaded the western area of the town and set fire to two agricultural rooms belonging to Palestinian citizens Hisham Mizyed and Majed An‑Naji, completely burning both structures.
Communities across the Salfit governorate continue to face repeated colonizer attacks, including arson, property destruction, and attempts to seize agricultural land.
In the “Hamroush” area east of Sa’ir, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank, colonizers released their livestock around Palestinian homes and agricultural structures, damaging crops and grazing on privately owned lands.
Residents reported that colonizers have increasingly used livestock grazing as a tactic to destroy Palestinian agriculture and force families away from their lands.
These attacks come amid a broader escalation of colonizer violence across the occupied West Bank, carried out under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, and aimed at displacing Palestinian communities and expanding illegal colonial outposts.
On Monday, Israeli colonizers stormed Khirbet al‑Tawil, east of Aqraba near Nablus, and stole equipment belonging to Palestinian electricity technicians working in the community.
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
