Israeli Settlers Renew Attacks On Ain Samia Water Wells East Of Kafr Malik, North-East Ramallah

WAFA says that on Sunday evening, settlers renewed attacks against water stations and wells in the Ein Samia neighborhood, east of Kafr Malik in the north-east of Ramallah, destroying surveillance cameras and sabotaging vital equipment.

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WAFA reports that the Jerusalem Water Authority confirmed it had lost control of the wells’ operation due to a communications and internet outage, warning it could interrupt pumping and worsen the water crisis in affected communities.

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WAFA adds that Ein Samia is one of the most important groundwater sources in the north-east of Ramallah, with five active water wells with depths between 100 and 500 meters.

WAFA says that about 110,000 people benefit, in whole or in part, from the water of the Ain Samia wells, which supply 19 communities directly and 14 communities via the Ramallah plant.

WAFA also states that the water authority warned that repeated attacks target one of the region’s most important water sources and called on local and international humanitarian and human-rights organizations to intervene urgently to stop the attacks.

The Straits Times reports that on June 14, Israeli settlers torched vehicles and attempted to set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli military deployed troops to quell what it described as violent riots by “Israeli civilians.”

According to Wafa, settlers carried out two attacks in the West Bank late on June 14, including in the village of Burqa east of Ramallah where a group set fire to a car, broke down the door of a mosque, and set its entrance alight before fleeing.

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The Straits Times says witnesses told AFP that residents managed to extinguish the blaze, while in a separate incident in the nearby village of Deir Dibwan settlers set two vehicles on fire.

The Straits Times quotes the Israeli military statement saying, “The forces are currently operating at the various locations to disperse the riots, extinguish the fires, and prevent further friction.”

The Straits Times frames the violence as coming days after the United Nations warned settler violence in the West Bank had reached record levels, with an average of six attacks daily causing casualties or damage.

WAFA reports that the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned attacks by groups of settlers in Deir Dibwan and Burqa east of Ramallah, including arson targeting vehicles and land and an attempt to burn a mosque.

“RAMALLAH, June 14, 2026 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Sunday strongly condemned the attacks carried out by groups of colonists on the towns of Deir Dibwan and Burqa, east of Ramallah, including acts of arson targeting vehicles and land, as well as an attempt to burn a mosque”

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In its statement carried by WAFA, the ministry said the attacks come as part of a systematic Israeli policy that employs organized and daily terrorism against the Palestinian people, aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land and undermining their resilience.

WAFA says the ministry stressed that continued impunity encourages further crimes and violations against Palestinian citizens and their property, and called for increased pressure on the Israeli government through legal, economic, and political tools.

The ministry urged the international community, the United Nations, the Security Council, and all states to take immediate and concrete measures to halt colonists’ attacks and ensure accountability for perpetrators.

WAFA also renewed its call for international protection for the Palestinian people and for the imposition of deterrent sanctions on the occupation and its colonists, in line with legal and moral responsibilities.