Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, wounding several Palestinians and torching homes and vehicles.

Israeli settlers carried out violent attacks on multiple Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank over the weekend.

“Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting buildings and cars on fire and injuring at least 13 people”

Al-Jazeera Net

The incidents occurred during the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

Al-Jazeera Net

Dozens of settlers raided Palestinian communities at night, shouting and setting cars on fire.

Violence erupted after an 18-year-old Israeli settler was killed in a collision with a Palestinian vehicle.

Investigations into whether the incident was deliberate remain ongoing.

The attacks occurred across several locations including villages near Jenin, Nablus, and Bethlehem.

Settlers targeted homes, vehicles, and residents in coordinated nighttime raids.

The attacks were systematically carried out across multiple West Bank locations with varying methods of violence.

In Fandaqumiya village near Jenin, settlers set homes and vehicles on fire and smashed windows.

Anadolu Agency

Footage showed flames engulfing houses as residents attempted to extinguish the fires.

In Seilat al-Dhahr, settlers targeted multiple homes, attempted to set them ablaze, and physically assaulted residents.

Additional attacks occurred near the Za'tara military checkpoint and on bypass roads near Burin.

Settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles in these areas.

The village of Awarta had its entrance blocked by settlers.

In Tuqu' near Bethlehem, settlers pelted vehicles with stones at a roundabout.

Israeli forces also shot and wounded two Palestinians at the Jabara checkpoint in southern Tulkarem.

The attacks resulted in multiple Palestinian casualties and injuries.

“West Bank: Nighttime attacks and villages set on fire, Israeli settlers implicated Dozens or even hundreds of Israeli settlers, depending on sources, attacked in the night from Saturday to Sunday the villages of the occupied West Bank, notably Fandaqumiya and Jaloud, burning buildings and property”

France 24

Victims suffered from gunshot wounds, beatings, and burns.

In the village of Jalud, at least three Palestinians suffered head wounds from beatings and required hospitalization.

Some settlers were also reportedly injured during confrontations.

At the Jabara checkpoint, a 53-year-old man sustained wounds to the neck and chest while a 54-year-old was shot in the leg.

Both injured Palestinians were transferred to hospital treatment.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society treated ten wounded victims, mainly suffering from 'physical assaults' in Deir al-Hatab near Nablus.

WAFA reported that Palestinians were pepper-sprayed during the overnight assaults.

At least five people were wounded in total across the attacked communities.

The attacks occurred during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, adding to the trauma inflicted on Palestinian communities.

These attacks represent a continuation of escalating settler violence that has intensified since October 2023.

The escalation coincides with the start of Israel's Gaza genocide.

La Croix

According to multiple sources, Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023.

Anadolu Agency reports 1,133 killed, 11,700 injured, and 22,000 arrested.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported 25 Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers this year as of March 15.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, argued that Israel's occupation cannot be justified by self-defense claims.

UN Human Rights Council experts condemned an 'accelerating campaign of ethnic cleansing and annexation.'

Most road gates out of the West Bank have been closed by Israel since February 28.

Israeli authorities responded minimally to the settler violence.

“ByPalestine Chronicle Staff Seven Palestinians were injured in a series of attacks carried out by illegal Israeli settlers across multiple areas of the occupied West Bank, according to medical sources and local reports”

Palestine Chronicle

Israeli forces were present but failed to intervene effectively to stop the attacks.

Radio France Internationale

The Israeli army stated that security forces 'condemn all forms of violence and will continue to work to maintain the safety of civilians.'

Army forces and border police were sent to Palestinian villages after reports of arson by Israeli civilians.

Witnesses reported that Israeli troops and police were present on the outskirts by 2am but did not stop the attacks.

The attacks continued into the night with settlers moving between villages freely.

The Israeli military claimed to have responded to arson and disturbances but did not report any arrests.

No investigations were opened into the settler violence according to official statements.

The attacks are part of a broader pattern of displacement and ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian communities.

UN Human Rights Council experts warned that 'entire communities live in fear of settler terrorism rampaging across the West Bank day and night.'

Thousands of Palestinian families have been forced to flee their homes due to escalating settler attacks.

Essential infrastructure destruction is especially prevalent in the Jordan valley.

According to UN figures, nearly 700 Palestinians in nine communities have been displaced due to settler attacks so far in 2026.

A UN report documented 36,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced between November 2024 and October 2025.

B'Tselem accused the government of enabling settler violence to 'cement the takeover of Palestinian land.'

Israeli opposition figures including Naftali Bennett and Yair Golan condemned the violence as 'Jewish terrorism' and 'total anarchy'.