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Three Palestinian families in Qusra have been under siege for 13 days
Three Palestinian families in the town of Qusra, northern West Bank, have spent 13 days under siege by Israeli settlers and the Israeli army. Their access to food and some medicines has been blocked, while a home belonging to Yusuf Abd al-Salam was converted into a military outpost.
Three Palestinian families in the town of Qusra, northern West Bank, have spent 13 days under siege by Israeli settlers and the Israeli army. Israeli soldiers have deployed heavily in the area, leaving the families struggling to access food and some medicines.
Abdel Azim Wadi, head of the Qusra Village Council, said the siege around three homes south of Nablus was continuing. Wadi said the delivery of basic necessities to the families had been blocked.
Palestinian man's home converted into a military outpost
According to Wadi, the Israeli army destroyed the belongings and furniture inside a home belonging to Yusuf Abd al-Salam on Thursday and then converted the building into a military outpost.
Abd al-Salam was forced to leave his home with his family and was expelled on the grounds that the area had been declared a “military zone.” He is still staying in one of the other homes under siege.
Concerns over displacement grow
Israeli settlers have intensified their actions in Qusra’s Ras al-Ayn area, while Israeli forces continue to maintain a presence around the homes. Residents fear that the siege will be prolonged and that a new fait accompli will be created in the area.
The United Nations warned on August 12 that settler violence in the occupied West Bank had reached unprecedented levels. UN data shows that more than 1,430 attacks targeting approximately 260 Palestinian communities have been recorded since the beginning of 2026.
Settler attacks, demolitions and forced evictions have displaced approximately 3,800 Palestinians, about half of them children. According to official Palestinian and Israeli data, approximately 750,000 settlers live in 156 settlements and 360 unauthorized outposts in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
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