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Settler attacks in West Bank leave 12 injured, 4 detained
After the Israeli cabinet approved 13 new settlement units, settler attacks across various parts of the West Bank left 12 Palestinians injured and 4 detained. The attacks were concentrated around Khan al-Ahmar, Tubas, Hebron, and Nablus.
The day after the Israeli cabinet approved 13 new settlement units, settler attacks across various parts of the West Bank left 12 Palestinians injured and 4 detained.
According to a statement from the Jerusalem Governorate, one of a group of settlers who attacked the village of al-Tibneh in the Khan al-Ahmar area, east of occupied East Jerusalem, struck two Palestinians with his motorcycle, injuring them. In the same attack, another settler sprayed pepper gas at youths in the village.
The Governorate reported that after villagers resisted an attempt by settlers to steal sheep, the Israeli army raided the area and detained 4 Palestinians. Khan al-Ahmar is known as one of the Palestinian areas most targeted by Israel's settlement projects. The Palestinian Authority and international organizations warn that the forced displacement of its residents would sever the geographical link between the northern and southern West Bank and undermine the chance of establishing an independent Palestinian state.
Attacks in Tubas and Hebron
In the village of Yarza, east of Tubas in the northern West Bank, 7 Palestinians were injured in an assault by settlers. Village council head Muhlis Mesaid said settlers raided the village and attacked Palestinians who had come to check on homes they were forced to abandon months ago. Mesaid stated that two of the injured were taken to hospital, while the others were detained by the Israeli army.
In the town of Idhna, west of Hebron in the southern West Bank, 3 Palestinians were injured in an attack by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army. Palestinian Red Crescent Hebron Branch Director Muammer Tamizi reported that the Israeli army expelled Palestinians from their land, used plastic bullets and sound bombs, and that a young man was hit in the neck by a plastic bullet. Tamizi also noted that two elderly Palestinians who tried to prevent settlers from stealing sheep were injured in the assault.
In the same area, the Israeli army set up a military post in the al-Kariseh area near the city of Dura, south of Hebron.
Armed attack in Nablus
In the Wadi al-Shair area near Nablus in the northern West Bank, settlers opened fire after Palestinians set fire to a tent at a settlement outpost in response to the surrounding of a group of youths' vehicle and the closure of the village entrance.
Settlement plan and rising violence
On Thursday, the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan to establish 13 new settlement units in the "Binyamin" area of the central occupied West Bank. The first phase of the plan is expected to begin implementation in the coming months.
According to data released on Wednesday by the Palestinian Center for Israeli Studies MADAR, the number of settlement outposts has seen an unprecedented increase in recent years. While an average of 8 new outposts were established annually between 2012 and 2022, this number rose to 32 in 2023, 62 in 2024, and 86 in 2025.
At the end of June, the Israel Hayom newspaper revealed that settler movements in the West Bank had prepared a plan aimed at fundamentally altering the region's map and targeting Area A, which is under full Palestinian control. This plan is said to constitute a clear violation of the Oslo Accords.
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