Israeli colonizers established a new outpost on Monday near the Nabi Musa shrine, east of occupied Jerusalem, in a continued expansion of illegal colonialist activity across the occupied West Bank, while escalating their attacks and violations across multiple areas.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that colonizers began setting up the outpost in the vicinity of the shrine as part of efforts to impose new facts on the ground and tighten control over Palestinian land.
Colonizers also continued expanding an illegal outpost they recently established near the Al‑Mahtoush Bedouin community close to Al‑Khan Al‑Ahmar, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The area between occupied Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley has witnessed a steady rise in colonizer activity, including the establishment of outposts and the seizure of agricultural and grazing lands, threatening Palestinian presence, and undermining geographic continuity between Palestinian communities.
In the southern West Bank, colonizers on Friday destroyed more than 160 olive trees in the Eghzeiwi area east of the town of Carmel, south of Hebron. Landowners stated that colonizers invaded the area and broke the trees belonging to local resident Taleb Al‑Jundi, causing significant agricultural losses, and harming the family’s livelihood.
Residents stressed that these attacks form part of an ongoing escalation backed by the Israeli government, aimed at pressuring Palestinians and seizing their land.
Also in Hebron, colonizers and Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Ethna, west of the city, before attacking a young man.
In the central West Bank, colonizers grazed their livestock on Palestinian agricultural land in the village of Al‑Mughayyer, east of Ramallah, damaging crops, and trees in the Shuab Al‑Louz area south of the village.
Local sources said colonizers continue to target farmland and property in repeated attempts to expand control over the area.
North of Ramallah, colonizers attacked residents of the village of Umm Safa. The head of the village council, Marwan Sabah, said colonizers invaded the area, though no injuries were reported.
On Sunday, colonizers had already set up an outpost in the Wadi Az‑Zeitoun area south of the village, erecting tents on land measuring roughly 4,000 dunams.
In the northern West Bank, colonizers invaded the industrial zone east of the town of Beita, south of Nablus, and set fire to a parked truck. Residents rushed to extinguish the flames, but the vehicle sustained material damage.
Colonizers also invaded Burin, south of Nablus, and attacked Palestinian homes while marching through the town.
Furthermore, a group of colonizers infiltrated the town of Talfit, southeast of Nablus, attacked a home, and attempted to set it ablaze before residents managed to repel them.
In Beit Furik, east of Nablus, the colonizers attacked a Palestinian home and tried to torch it, causing damage, and wrote graffiti on its wall.
These attacks follow the massacre carried out by colonizers last Friday in the village of Till, southwest of Nablus, where four members of the same family were killed, followed by widespread invasions and abductions across the occupied West Bank.
The slain residents were identified Ibrahim Hussein’ Ali Ramadan (31), who was shot in the head; his brother, Jawad Hussein ‘Ali Ramadan (26), who was shot in the chest; Farouq ‘Adnan ‘Ali Ramadan (41), who sustained wounds to the chest, abdomen, and thigh; and ‘Imran Ahmed ‘Ali Ramadan (33), who was shot in the head.
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Colonizers also blocked the road leading to the Sebastia water well in the Al‑Mas’udiyya area northwest of Nablus. Diab Hajji, head of the local land defense committee, said colonizers placed stones across the road and prevented employees working at the site from reaching it.
They chased staff responsible for operating and guarding the well and attempted to break into the facility, claiming affiliation with the “Israeli Water Authority” in an effort to open the gate. The well is a key water source for Nablus and surrounding villages and has been repeatedly targeted by colonizers, who have established an outpost nearby.
In the northwestern West Bank, colonizers—backed by Israeli forces—began bulldozing land on Monday in the village of Jeet, east of Qalqilia. Village council head Jamal Yamin said colonizer machinery invaded the southern area known as Al‑Bayyad and began leveling land and opening roads to annex it to the illegal colony of Gilad.
The targeted area spans between 200 and 300 dunams. Yamin noted that the region has faced repeated bulldozing and road‑cutting operations by Israeli forces and colonizers seeking to expand the colony and seize Palestinian land.
Furthermore, colonizers closed the main road near Qalqilia and attacked several Palestinian cars, causing damage.
The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission reports that colonizers committed 3,488 attacks against Palestinians and their property during the first half of this year.
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.
This report covers only part of the documented invasions and violations carried out by colonizers across the occupied West Bank, as many incidents go unreported or cannot be fully documented due to ongoing attacks and restrictions on movement.
