West Bank · updated 1h ago · 2 min read
Israeli Colonists Steal Palestinian Sheep Near Nablus, Protected By Occupation Soldiers
Colonists stole Palestinian-owned sheep near Nablus, with occupation soldiers nearby. Incident occurs amid sustained settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Sheep stolen near Nablus
WAFA said Israeli colonists on Friday morning stole Palestinian-owned sheep from Beita, south of Nablus, breaking into ad-Dhahara and al-Hara at-Tahta neighbourhoods and attacking several homes while being protected by Israeli occupation soldiers.
“Israeli colonists on Friday morning stole Palestinian-owned sheep from Beita, south of Nablus”
WAFA reported the colonists stole a number of sheep from the area, and said colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Al Jazeera described Kobar, in the occupied West Bank northwest of Ramallah, where a settler known to locals as “Ghazal” allegedly attacked Palestinian farmers, with Bassema Khader, 63, saying he would “fire shots and steal sheep and solar panels.”
Al Jazeera also recounted that when Khader confronted the settler as he attempted to steal her sheep, he called for backup and she said, “Wait, the [Israeli] Border Police are coming.”
Impunity and competing accounts
Al Jazeera framed the violence as part of an ongoing Israeli pogrom in the West Bank, saying the settler “has been attacking Palestinian farmers” in Kobar and that residents continued to hold on to their land.
Bassema Khader told Al Jazeera that the settler arrived wearing a mask and “wearing an army uniform to intimidate people,” and she said he approached cars, knocked on doors, and demanded keys.
In a separate incident described by Al Jazeera, 23-year-old Ali Majed Hamadneh was killed in Deir Jarir on April 11, 2026, and the Israeli military stated that the reserve soldier fired into the air and then fired at one of the stone-throwers.
Al Jazeera contrasted that account with a B’Tselem statement on April 13, which said “One of them, a soldier on reserve duty in a military Regional Defence Battalion, launched a massive volley of shots.”
Diplomatic fallout and displacement
Masrawy said Israel ordered British soldiers monitoring settler violence in the West Bank to leave the country, describing the British Support Team (BST) as about 10 personnel based in Ramallah.
“The team was given seven days to evacuate the country”
Masrawy reported the team was preparing to quadruple in size and that Israel gave it seven days to evacuate, while also ordering a small group of British military and diplomatic personnel to leave.
Sout al-Imārāṭ similarly said Israel expelled British soldiers who were monitoring settlers’ violence in the occupied West Bank and that the British Combat Support Unit was granted “only 7 days to evacuate.”
Sout al-Imārāṭ connected the move to Britain’s sanctions on West Bank settlements, while Al Jazeera Net described ongoing escalation in the occupied West Bank including eviction orders for two homes in western Beita with “72 hours to evacuate.”