Settler Violence = State Violence

In recent years — and especially since 7 October 2023 — there has been a sharp increase in both the number and severity of settler attacks against Palestinians. The incidents reported on this blog do not reflect all incidents of settler violence in the West Bank, but only those that B’Tselem was able to document and investigate.

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Displaying 701-720 of 2015 updates. An update can cover more than one incident.

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Israeli forces present

During the olive harvest

Communities forcibly transferred or facing forced transfer

November 2023

15 November 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: The military set up an observation tower by olive groves, and harvesters are staying away for fear of settlers
12 November 2023 Kh. Wadi Tiran Incidents: 1

Khirbet Wadi Tiran, South Hebron Hills: Seven armed settlers vandalized cars and a tractor, emptied a water tank and threatened to harm residents unless they left within 24 hours
11 November 2023 Kh. Tana Incidents: 1

Beit Furik-Khirbet Tana, Nablus District: Israeli settlers escorted by soldiers block road with dirt mounds, fire live rounds at Palestinian residents and vandalize car
11 November 2023 Kh. Wadi Tiran Incidents: 1

Khirbet Wadi Tiran, South Hebron Hills: Armed settlers chased shepherds, twice pointed a gun at one shepherd’s head, set a dog on a flock and threatened to harm residents unless they left within 24 hours
11 November 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: After settlers arrived, soldiers and police ordered residents to stop harvesting olives near their homes
11 November 2023 Sinjil Incidents: 1

Sinjil, Ramallah District: Settlers and soldiers drove olive harvesters out, stole belongings and confiscated a car
9 November 2023 Kisan Incidents: 1

Kisan, Bethlehem District: Armed Israeli settlers attack Palestinian shepherds
9 November 2023 Kh. Tana Incidents: 1

Community of Kh. Tana, Nablus District, forcibly displaced through settler and soldier violence
9 November 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Soldier known to residents as a settler and another settler stole resident’s water tank
8 November 2023 Nab’ al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah) Incidents: 1

Nab’ al-Ghazal (al-Farisiyah), Jordan Valley: Settlers led a flock into the community and fed it in front of a family’s tents; police allowed them to carry on
5 November 2023 al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliyah Incidents: 3

al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliyah, Ramallah District: Israeli settlers saw off branches of 30 Palestinian-owned 70-year-old olive trees over the course of three days.
4 November 2023 Kh. Yarza Incidents: 1

Khirbet Yarza, northern Jordan Valley: Settlers raided the community, stole a flock of sheep, and injured residents with stones when they tried to prevent the theft.
4 November 2023 Kh. Susiya Incidents: 1

Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Settlers cut a wire fence and stole four water tanks used to irrigate crops
4 November 2023 Huwarah Incidents: 1

Huwarah, Nablus District: Settlers escorted by soldiers drove olive pickers out
3 November 2023 a-Sawiyah Incidents: 1

A-Sawiya, Nablus District: An armed settler scattered olives picked by families, and soldiers threatened them not to harvest the land
2 November 2023 Kh. Samrah Incidents: 1

Khirbet Samrah, the Jordan Valley: Settlers chased shepherds, injured sheep, and burned the Hmeid family's tents and property
2 November 2023 Kh.Jib'it Incidents: 1

In the early morning hours of 2 November 2023, a settlement security guard let about 300 sheep into two olive groves owned by community residents that are surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. He left them to graze in the groves, which have about 250 olive trees, until 11:00 A.M. The military has blocked Palestinians from accessing the road leading to the land since the war began.
1 November 2023 Al-Qanub Incidents: 1

Israeli settlers and soldiers force out community of al-Qanoub in the South Hebron Hills, 1 November 2023
1 November 2023 al-Khader Incidents: 2

Al-Khader, Bethlehem District: Israeli settlers destroy agricultural structures and uproot about 2,000 olive trees and grapevines

October 2023

31 October 2023 Sanniriya Incidents: 1

Sanniriya, Qalqiliyah District: Settlers attacked harvesters with sticks and stones and stabbed one with a knife

Videos

Settler Violence = State Violence

Stealing the poor man’s lamb: As part of efforts to take over land in the West Bank, settlers steal sheep and goat flocks, often with assistance from the military, severely harming herders’ livelihoods

17 August 2026

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Settler Violence = State Violence

Joint violence by the military and settler militias is a central component of Israel’s ethnic cleansing policy in the West Bank

11 June 2026

מתנחלים מכים באלות את מוחמד אבו סבחה השרוע על הקרקע. מתוך תיעוד במצלמות אבטחה באדיבות התושבים

Settler Violence = State Violence

South Hebron Hills, January 2026: Increased Israeli effort to complete ethnic cleansing of Area C

18 May 2026

סילוואן. צילום: פאיז אבו רמילה, בצלם

East Jerusalem

For the first time since 1967, Israel is expelling an entire Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem

5 May 2026

מתוך תיעוד הווידיאו

Settler Violence = State Violence

A settler in military uniform shot and killed two Palestinian brothers as part of a settler attack on the village of Qaryut, Nablus District

1 April 2026

מתוך תיעוד הווידאו

Settler Violence = State Violence

Khallet a-Sidrah, al-Quds District: Shepherding community facing immediate expulsion

25 January 2026

מתוך תיעוד הווידאו

Settler Violence = State Violence

Israeli settlers engage in animal brutality as part of ongoing assault on Palestinian communities

6 January 2026

מתוך תיעוד הווידאו

Settler Violence = State Violence

Wadi Ejheish, South Hebron Hills: Settlers attacked a home and tried to break in, smashed windows, pepper-sprayed six family members including a baby, slaughtered sheep and vandalized a car

9 November 2025