The Arab al-Kaabina Bedouin community living near the al-Taybeh village east of Ramallah was targeted in a new attack. Palestinian civil society organization BEYDER said attacks on the community have continued.
According to BEYDER's written statement, Israeli settlers raided the area under the protection of the Israeli army. The settlers reportedly forced their sheep among homes belonging to Palestinians and attacked some members of the Nayif Kaabina family.
BEYDER said the same community was subjected to similar attacks on the evening of Wednesday, August 5. The organization said the repeated attacks were part of a policy of pressure aimed at forcibly displacing Bedouin communities.
3,488 attacks in the West Bank
Data from the Palestine Liberation Organization-affiliated Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission revealed the scale of the attacks in the West Bank during the first half of 2026. Israeli settlers in the Palestinian territories carried out 3,488 attacks during this period.
The attacks killed 17 Palestinians, while 26 Bedouin and herding communities were fully or partially forcibly displaced. During the same period, 42 new illegal settlement outposts, mostly used for livestock activities, were established.
Since October 8, 2023
Attacks by the Israeli army and Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have intensified since October 8, 2023, when Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
According to official data, more than 1,182 Palestinians have been killed, around 13,000 injured and approximately 25,000 detained in these attacks. The region has also suffered extensive damage.
