WEST BANK,(The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)Jewish settlers carried out extensive assaults on Palestinian citizens, their land, and property across various areas of the West Bank, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces on Sunday.
In Ramallah, a group of settlers cut down trees on Palestinian-owned lands in the Marj Si’ area between the villages of Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya, northeast of the city.
The Al-Baydar organization reported that the attack targeted agricultural areas owned by residents of both villages as part of ongoing escalation aimed at pressuring locals and imposing new realities on the ground.
The settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, also blocked farmers and landowners from harvesting olives in the village of Rantis, west of Ramallah, denying them access to the Al-Teen Al-Shami area without special entry permits.
A settler residing in an illegal outpost between Rantis and Deir Ballut cut down olive trees belonging to citizen Rami Mohammed Khalaf and demolished a shade structure owned by Anas Abed from Rantis.
In Um Safa, north of Ramallah, settlers destroyed water tanks and stole belongings from a farm owned by citizen Basheer Abu Mohammed.
In Jenin, Israeli forces and settlers expelled residents of Khirbet Masoud from their land west of the city, claiming it was too close to a settler road and enforcing a 100-meter exclusion zone.
Another group of settlers herded their sheep through residential areas in the Al-Auja waterfall community near Jericho.
In Qalqilya, settlers destroyed 50 olive trees in the northern part of Kafr Qaddum.
In Nablus, armed settlers stormed lands in the towns of Deir Sharaf and Al-Naqoura, west of the city.
Settlers also stole olive harvests from lands in Wadi Al-Rababa in Silwan, in occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israeli forces barred the landowners from entering the area and assaulted them.
Violations and crimes by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have surged to record levels since October 7, 2023, and have continued throughout 2024 and into 2025. The UN and human rights organizations, such as B’Tselem, report that these attacks have led to casualties, mass displacement, and widespread property damage.
