Gaza Genocide22 July, 20263 min read
Israeli Settlers Evict Mahmoud Al-Tubasi Family From Jalud Home Near Nablus
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Israeli settlers forcibly displaced Mahmoud al-Tubasi family from Jalud home near Nablus after months-long siege. Settlers seized the family's home and property in Jalud near Nablus.
Jalud family driven out
Israeli settlers forcibly evicted the Mahmoud al-Tubasi family from their home in Jalud, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, before taking over the property after a siege lasting more than three months. A local activist told Wafa news agency that settlers cut off the home's electricity and prevented anyone from delivering food, water or medicine, eventually forcing the family to leave before seizing the property. The Times of Israel said Israeli settler extremists carried out arson attacks on two Palestinian villages in the West Bank overnight Tuesday-Wednesday, including in Jalud near Nablus, and that the IDF later confirmed both attacks without injuries and without arrests.
In Jalud, the Times of Israel reported that settlers set fire to several agricultural structures, including chicken coops, near the home of a Palestinian family on the outskirts of the village, and that troops and Border Police officers assisted with extinguishing the fire while suspects fled before the forces arrived. WAFA said the colonists took over the home after kicking the family outside following an over-three-month siege during which colonists assaulted the family every day.
Detention, blocked journalists
WAFA reported that Israeli occupation soldiers detained a Palestinian in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, while settlers took over a Palestinian home after the family was evicted from Jalud. Haaretz said a Border Police force prevented two Haaretz journalists on Wednesday from reaching the home of a Palestinian family south of Nablus that has been under siege by Israeli settlers for more than two weeks. Haaretz’s account identified the journalists as West Bank correspondent Matan Golan and photographer Itai Ron, and said they were escorted by troops into the village before encountering a roadblock erected by settlers.
The Times of Israel quoted Jalud village council head Raad Nasser saying the Tobasi family left their home on Wednesday afternoon, seemingly acceding to days of settler harassment aimed at forcing the family to abandon their home. Middle East Eye described the siege conditions as including daily assaults and the settlers’ prior establishment of an outpost near the family’s home, with the house set on fire before the family was forced to leave.
What comes next
The dispute over Jalud’s siege and eviction is unfolding alongside other reported settler actions in the West Bank, including the Times of Israel’s description of arson attacks in Turmus Ayya near Ramallah and in Jalud near Nablus. The Times of Israel said troops used riot dispersal means and fired warning shots in the air amid a clash in Turmus Ayya, while also stating that no arrests were made after the attacks it described. WAFA framed the broader pattern as one in which colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities, listing property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes.
Middle East Eye added that settlers had previously established an outpost near the family’s home and set the house on fire, while the family remained inside despite shortages of food and water until electricity was cut and deliveries were blocked. In the same reporting stream, WAFA said approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law, underscoring the scale of the environment in which the Jalud eviction occurred.