Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Activists Across West Bank as Israel Approves 13 Settlement Outposts

Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring Palestinian residents and international activists and damaging homes, farmland and infrastructure as Israeli authorities advanced plans to establish 13 new settlement outposts.

The Palestinian News Network said the attacks were reported in the Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Tulkarm governorates, including a march in Turmus Ayya and the nearby village of Abu Falah where dozens of Israeli settlers attacked participants on the road connecting Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya.

Al Jazeera

In the Jerusalem governorate, the Palestinian News Network reported that settlers took control of the Ain Rawabi spring, east of Anata, after vandalizing the site, while the Jerusalem Governorate warned the seizure posed a direct threat to the livelihoods of dozens of Bedouin families.

In Bethlehem, Palestinian News Network said Israeli forces dispersed worshippers in the Abu Njeim area, southeast of Bethlehem, firing tear gas and stun grenades and causing several cases of suffocation.

The Palestinian News Network also tied the violence to an Israeli Security Cabinet decision approving plans to establish 13 new settlement outposts within the Binyamin Regional Council in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian News Network described how settlers assaulted Palestinian residents and foreign activists, injuring an elderly Palestinian and spraying several international participants with pepper spray during the road march between Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya.

Nasrin Begum’s quote is not present in these Gaza-focused sources, but the West Bank accounts in the provided material include direct injury details, including that an elderly man was injured and several activists were sprayed with pepper spray, according to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) as cited by Saba.

Al Jazeera

In a separate incident, the Palestinian News Network said settlers entered the outskirts of al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, under the protection of Israeli forces, and that three members of the Radwan family were injured after settlers attacked them in the Wadi al-Zarqa nature reserve near the village of Beitillu.

Saba’s account similarly said that on Friday morning settlers attacked residents of Abu Falah and the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, injuring several activists.

The Anadolu Ajansı report added that on the first day of Eid, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families in the Khaleifa area east of Ramallah, with Palestinian activist Fares Kaabneh telling Anadolu Agency that settlers “deliberately brought flocks of sheep and camels” and “besieged the Palestinian homes during the attack.”

The Palestinian News Network reported that the Jerusalem Governorate said the Ain Rawabi spring is the only water source serving local Bedouin communities and shepherds, providing drinking water for approximately 1,300 sheep.

It warned that officials said the seizure poses a direct threat to the livelihoods of dozens of Bedouin families and forms part of broader efforts to deprive Palestinian communities of grazing land and water resources.

In the Tulkarm governorate, the Palestinian News Network said settlers vandalized agricultural greenhouses in the Bariya area near the Shufa military checkpoint southeast of Tulkarm, tearing protective netting around greenhouses and causing damage to agricultural facilities owned by the Ismail family from the village of Shufa.

The Palestinian News Network also reported that residents said the attack is part of repeated assaults targeting Palestinian farmland and agricultural property, causing financial losses and restricting farmers' access to their only source of income.

Amnesty International, as quoted by Blast, said in a report published on June 10, 2026, that it accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the West Bank, describing a pattern that includes “lands confiscated” and “children prevented from going to school.”