Israeli Colonists Attack Palestinian Hamlet South of Nablus

Israeli colonists carried out a violent assault on a Palestinian hamlet south of Nablus, part of a wider wave of settler attacks across the occupied West Bank.

“Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting children, shepherds, farmers, solidarity activists, and journalists in multiple communities from the northern Jordan Valley to the central and southern regions, while Israeli occupation forces provided protection and directly participated in several of the attacks”

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The attacks targeted children, shepherds, farmers, solidarity activists and journalists.

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Reports document that illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers beat 12-year-old Ahmad Burhan Bisharat while he was herding livestock, leaving him bruised and traumatised.

Reports also say multiple Palestinians were physically assaulted across the northern Jordan Valley to central and southern areas.

These attacks occurred amid broader military and settler operations that uprooted and levelled Palestinian land and olive trees near nearby outposts and villages.

Colonists operated with clear impunity and, according to local reports, with the backing or presence of Israeli forces.

Villagers said colonist-run bulldozers uprooted and levelled dozens of olive trees and land around the Shilo outpost.

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In Tubas, colonists stole roughly 150 sheep from a resident, and attempts by villagers to track the animals escalated when Israeli forces allegedly assaulted them.

The Palestinian Red Crescent treated multiple Palestinians for bruises after soldiers beat them.

Witnesses said colonists advanced under full military protection and fired live rounds as troops remained deployed.

Parallel to settler violence, Israeli security operations intensified across the occupied territories.

“Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting children, shepherds, farmers, solidarity activists, and journalists in multiple communities from the northern Jordan Valley to the central and southern regions, while Israeli occupation forces provided protection and directly participated in several of the attacks”

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WAFA reported security raids that led to dozens of detentions in the West Bank and closures affecting movement, including the closing of Jerusalem’s Bab al‑Amoud gate.

Measures also obstructed access to schools.

Tear gas deployments during these operations caused several Palestinians to suffocate.

Gaza continued to suffer casualties from Israeli operations, underscoring how military pressure and settler attacks are part of a broad campaign against Palestinian life and livelihood.

Palestinian agencies present the attacks as part of an escalating pattern involving organised settler groups and expanding outposts.

WAFA warned that settlers are being armed and flagged activities by so-called 'Temple' organisations.

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Coverage links these developments to political and security shifts inside Israel, including statements by far-right Israeli ministers.

It also notes that international actors registered concern, with Germany publicly condemning the killing of a Palestinian civilian reported in these incidents.

Accounts from local Palestinian agencies and regional reporters depict a coordinated pattern of settler violence, property destruction and theft carried out under military protection and linked to land‑grab expansion around outposts.

“Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank on Friday, targeting children, shepherds, farmers, solidarity activists, and journalists in multiple communities from the northern Jordan Valley to the central and southern regions, while Israeli occupation forces provided protection and directly participated in several of the attacks”

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Witnesses and medical teams report beatings, injuries and suffocation from tear gas, while uprooted olive groves and stolen livestock deepen dispossession.

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The sources underscore an urgent need for accountability, arguing these events are not isolated criminal acts but part of a wider strategy that displaces and terrorises Palestinian communities.