Israeli Forces, Settlers Carry Out Fresh Raids and Attacks Across West Bank

Israeli forces and extremist settlers carried out a series of raids and attacks across the occupied West Bank overnight Sunday into Monday, targeting Palestinian homes, residents, farmland and property. The incidents included the burning of a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, cutting down fruit trees, attacks on agricultural land and the establishment of new settlement tents. In the Ramallah-Nablus area, settlers stormed Khirbet al-Marajem and attacked the home of Turmus Ayya school principal Muhammad Arif Muslim, threatening him and his family.

Settlers also attacked Palestinians in the al-Mughayyir plain, entered an excavation site in Deir Jarir and assaulted a Palestinian vehicle traveling between Abu Falah and al-Mughayyir with stones and pepper spray. Other incidents included settlers entering the Marj Si’a plain on horseback, grazing livestock on Palestinian land and entering homes in Arab al-Ka’abneh for the second time. In the Nablus area, settlers attacked homes in Beita, vandalized greenhouses in Beit Furik, stole an agricultural tractor in Qusra and erected new settlement tents opposite a Palestinian home in Ras al-Ain.

Further attacks were reported in Jenin and the al-Khalil area, where settlers cut down dozens of fruit trees in Khirbet Farasin, brought livestock onto Palestinian land and attacked Palestinian property near residents’ homes. In Shaab al-Batim in Masafer Yatta, settlers set fire to a Palestinian house, adding to a series of attacks that have targeted Palestinian communities, agricultural land and property across the occupied West Bank.